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Preventable suicides involving medicines before the covid-19 pandemic: a systematic case series of coroners’ reports in England and Wales
Richard Brittain
Grace Anthony
Jeffrey Aronson
carl heneghan
Georgia Richards
Acceso Abierto
Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas
https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.02.23292130
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.07.02.23292130v2
Background: Over 5000 suicides are registered in England and Wales each year. Coroners Prevention of Future Deaths reports (PFDs) share concerns to promote actions to reduce the risks of similar deaths. Aims: To systematically review coroners PFDs involving suicides in which a medicine caused or contributed to the death, to identify lessons for suicide prevention. Methods: 3037 PFDs were screened for eligibility between July 2013 and December 2019. Following data extraction, descriptive statistics and content analysis were performed to assess coroners concerns, the recipients, and the response rates to reports. Results: There were 734 suicide-related PFDs, with 100 reporting a medicine. Opioids (40%) were the most common class involved in suicide-related PFDs, followed by antidepressants (30%). There was wide geographical variation in the writing of PFDs; coroners in Manchester wrote the most (18%). Coroners expressed 237 concerns; the most common were procedural inadequacies (14%, n=32), inadequate documentation and communication (10%, n=22), and inappropriate prescription access (9%, n=21). 203 recipients received these PFDs, most being sent to NHS trusts (31%), clinical commissioning groups (10%), and general practices (10%), of which only 58% responded to the coroner. Conclusions: Concerns raised by coroners in suicide-related PFDs involving medicines highlight essential gaps in care that require actions from the Government, health services, and prescribers. To aid suicide prevention, PFDs should be disseminated nationally, and responses should be enforced so that actions are taken to prevent suicides.
bioRxiv
19-07-2023
Preimpreso
Inglés
Público en general
VIRUS RESPIRATORIOS
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