Published on:9 September 2025
NEW: Healthcare Staff and Suicide Awareness Training
We’re proud to launch our new Healthcare Staff and Suicide Awareness Training! Our latest free, online course is designed to help people recognise suicide risk within the healthcare workforce and feel confident to offer support.
Healthcare staff face unique pressures, and many struggle in silence. This short course offers practical guidance, coached scenarios, and signposting tools to help you support someone who may be experiencing suicidal thoughts.
Whether you work in healthcare, support someone who does, or simply want to be better equipped to help, this training is for you.
By completing this training, our aim is that 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
The course takes around 30 minutes and includes a certificate on completion. You can take it at your own pace and revisit sections as needed.
Take our Healthcare Staff and Suicide Awareness Training
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).
Thank you!
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.
