Vicki May reviews the results of a project which looked at the attitudes of A&E staff towards patients presenting with suicidal behaviour

There are national and local concerns regarding the increase in A&E attendance for people with suicidal behaviour. This project aimed to see whether there was any change in multiprofessional A&E staff attitudes towards those who present with suicidal behaviour when provided with an information pack and a series of three notice board displays. Two phases of data were collected using a questionnaire.