Suicide and Suicide Prevention The Community Response
Last month, Eastern Melbourne PHN and Eastern Health held a community event to hear and gain an understanding, from people who have been impacted by suicide living in the Maroondah area.
People who had a personal experience with suicide; or families, carers and friends of people who have been impacted by suicide were invited to speak about their experiences and share their views on how the service and support system could be improved.
Both organisations will take what they have learnt from this conversation to use in their work to design better ways to prevent possible suicide and to support those who may be impacted by suicide.
EMPHN will use the information gathered to drive their Place-Based Suicide Prevention Initiative. This initiative is focussed on improving the capacity and pathways within the service system to better identify and support people experiencing suicide, and support families and carers impacted by suicide.
EMPHN is grateful for the participation of community members for sharing their personal experiences at this important forum.
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Eastern Melbourne PHN were privileged to be part of a National Mental Health Commission’s stakeholder workshop and advocated for the role of primary care in supporting people at risk of, or experiencing homelessness.
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