Data and Information - Local Suicide Prevention Planning and Implementation Toolkit

This document forms part of the Local Suicide Prevention Planning and Implementation Toolkit developed by Public Health Scotland.

It provides an insight into what data and information sharing allows us to do, with tips on where to find, how to interpret and how to use suicide prevention data to inform your work.

This document will support those working in suicide prevention to:-

• Consider which local and national data sources might be relevant to your work
• Provide insight on how to interpret, use and present data
• Understand some principles around information sharing and where to find out more
• Provide practical examples of how to use the data to inform your practice
• Identify potential support for further data analysis that might be required