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About the training

Our Healthcare Staff and Suicide Awareness Training is designed to raise awareness of suicide risk within the healthcare workforce and offer practical guidance on how to support someone who may be struggling. The course promotes compassionate understanding and encourages confidence in having potentially life-saving conversations.

Who is the training aimed at?

This training is suitable for anyone aged 16 and over who works in healthcare or has connections to those who do. While tailored to the healthcare context, it is open to all.

Our hope is that more people feel equipped to recognise when someone may be struggling and confident to offer support in a meaningful, informed way.

Training content and aims

By completing this training, participants will:

  • Improve awareness of suicide and its impact within the healthcare workforce
  • Develop understanding of suicide risk among healthcare staff
  • Learn to recognise potential warning signs in those who may be struggling
  • Explore coached scenarios that demonstrate how to approach difficult conversations
  • Build confidence in offering compassionate, peer-to-peer support
  • Understand how to sensitively signpost to appropriate help and resources

A certificate is awarded upon completion.

Length

This is a short online course that can be taken at your own pace. You can choose which sections to engage with based on your needs and interests. We recommend allowing at least 30 minutes to complete the training.

The Healthcare Staff and Suicide Awareness Training (version 1) launched in September 2025.

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Testimonials

Absolutely fantastic training. The pressures to healthcare staff are immense, and this training provided excellent insight. Thank you ZSA

This training is excellent and I feel that it should form part of our mandatory training on a yearly basis.

It has been invaluable and the examples really made me think.

Good, easy to follow and engaging.

This has opened my eyes. I don't think I really understood the way the stress of the NHS and healthcare could impact staff and their mental health.

I have learnt much about the words to use and how to approach a person you are concerned about. 

Awesome training and clear and understandable.

Very poiniant training and useful personally and professionaly.

Funded by

This training update was made possible by Mersey Cares NHS Charity (registered charity number 1191576) and funded by NHS Charities Together (registered charity number 1186569).

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank everyone who generously shared their experiences to help shape this training. Your real-life insights have been invaluable, and we are deeply grateful for the time, honesty, and courage you offered.

This training was developed with Dynamic

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