Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent

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Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent

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Make full suicide risk assessments mandatory when a child in hospital care expresses intent to harm themselves. No child asking for help should be left without support.

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I want the Government to make suicide risk assessments legally mandatory when a child expresses intent to harm themselves. I am concerned that current guidance is inconsistent and not always enforced. No child who asks for help should be left without a full assessment, protection, and proper support. This could be called Ella's law.

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