Recurring concern
Failure to reliably report self-harm and suicide risks to people able to help
- Reports that mention this concern
- 7
- Times this concern has been raised
- 8
- Stated actions linked to this concern
- 6
What this concern includes
Includes failures to establish, encourage, require, make or follow up reports of observed or disclosed self-harm or suicide risk to appropriate teachers, health professionals, safeguarding functions, carers or other people able to provide protective assistance.
What is not included
- Excludes general mental-health communication or information-sharing failures where self-harm or suicide risk is not the material concern.
- Excludes failures to assess, treat, observe or protect a person after relevant self-harm or suicide-risk information has been reliably reported.
- Excludes generic incident-reporting or safeguarding failures without a specific self-harm or suicide-risk reporting condition.
- Excludes routine disclosure of non-safety information and failures involving only the availability of support services without a deficient risk-reporting process.
Trends
Reports over time
Reports mentioning this concern, over time
Reports about this concern issued each year.
* 2026 is projected from reports observed to 7 Sep 2026.
Most frequent recipients
Most frequent recipients
Reports about this concern sent to each recipient.
Reports and published responses 7 reports
See individual reports that have raised this concern, and the actions taken in response
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Concerns raised1
Failure to pass on suicidal ideation information to foster carers or other relevant people
This report raised 2 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked response
- Calderdale Borough Council
Stated actions An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.2
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Calderdale Borough Council
Deliver comprehensive safeguarding, confidentiality, disclosure, welfare and mental-health training to Independent Visitor volunteers.
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Calderdale Borough Council
Require Independent Visitor volunteers to follow a safeguarding code and health-and-safety procedure specifying when concerns must be reported or disclosed.
Respondent positions A position is what a respondent says about the concern when they do not describe a specific action.1
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Calderdale Borough Council
Relevant information was promptly passed to the Pathways Team, and no imminent risk justified sharing it with the foster carer.
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Concerns raised1
Lack of requirements for counsellors to report disclosed risks of self-harm, suicide or harm to others
This report raised 4 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked response
- Department of Health and Social Care
Respondent positions A position is what a respondent says about the concern when they do not describe a specific action.2
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Department of Health and Social Care
Training standards and practice requirements set by independent counselling organisations are outside Government oversight.
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Department of Health and Social Care
Independent counselling organisations and their members are responsible for decisions about training standards and practice requirements.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to flag or reference current self-harm or suicide information to relevant decision-makers
This report raised 2 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked response
- Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Stated actions An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.1
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Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Develop guidance for referral meetings to assess suicide risk, existing support and self-referral status, recommend crisis-support steps, and record its consideration.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to provide teachers with relevant information about a pupil's self-harm history and vulnerability
This report raised 14 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to make statutory Rule 35 reports for detainees with suicidal tendencies
This report raised 1 other concern. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked response
- Home Office
Stated actions An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.3
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Home Office
Conduct an internal review of Rule 35(2) reporting effectiveness and use its findings to inform wider policy work.
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Home Office
Finalise and introduce new Removal Centre Rules, including updated Rule 35 reporting arrangements.
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Home Office
Seek healthcare-provider assurances on correct Rule 35 processes and consult the assurance forum about broader implementation.
Respondent positions A position is what a respondent says about the concern when they do not describe a specific action.2
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Home Office
Home Office training does not direct doctors to substitute ACDT monitoring for Rule 35(2) reporting; the apparent issue was local misunderstanding.
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Home Office
Only an IRC doctor may submit a Rule 35(2) report, and the decision rests solely with that doctor's clinical judgment.
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Concerns raised1
Lack of a system encouraging young people to report another young person’s self-harm to those able to help
This report raised 5 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
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Concerns raised2
Failure by Healthcare to read and disseminate important Risk of Self-Harm / Suicide documents
Failure to ensure that Risk of Self-Harm / Suicide information is read and considered by Senior Wing Officers after prisoner moves
This report raised 3 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
Actions and positions describe what organisations say in published responses. Implementation is not independently verified.
Data last updated 7 September 2026