Train rail staff as suicide-prevention gatekeepers
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Train station and on-train staff to recognise, approach and engage people showing signs of suicidal crisis (e.g. Samaritans'
Great Britain
PartialNetwork Rail & Samaritans (rail industry partnership) · since 2010 · National
Launched in 2010, the Network Rail–Samaritans partnership deployed a multi-component programme across the GB national rail network: gatekeeper-style staff training ('Managing Suicidal Contacts'), targeted work at design…
National railway suicides, 3yr before vs after 2010~217/yr (decade average) → +~7 events/yr (no reduction)events/yr
Suicides at priority hotspot locations78/yr → 59/yrevents/yr
GB rail industry (Network Rail and train operators) · 2 sources