For further information on any of the topics raised in the study, please use the support contact information below.
Samaritans
Call us anytime, day or night. Whatever you are going through, you can
call us any time, from any phone for FREE.
Telephone 116 123
Support after Suicide
National Support after Suicide
The Support After Suicide Partnership brings together suicide bereavement organisations and people with lived experience, to achieve a vision that everyone bereaved or affected by suicide is offered timely and appropriate support.
End of Life Care
NHS Choices – End of Life Care
End of life care is support for people who are approaching death. It helps them to live as well as possible until they die, and to die with dignity. It also includes support for their family or carers. End of life care includes palliative care. If you have an incurable illness, palliative care will help to make you as comfortable as possible by relieving pain and other distressing symptoms, while providing psychological, social and spiritual support for you and your family or carers. This is called a holistic approach to care, as it deals with the ‘whole’ person rather than just one aspect of their care. In this end of life care guide, ‘end of life care’ also covers legal issues, such as creating a lasting power of attorney, so that the person or people of your choice can make decisions about your care if you are no longer able to do so.
The National Council for Palliative Care
The National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC) is the umbrella charity for all those involved in palliative, end of life and hospice care in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We believe that everyone approaching the end of life has the right to the highest quality care and support, wherever they live, and whatever their condition. We work with government, health and social care staff and people with personal experience to improve end of life care for all.
Support Groups and Activism
Dying Matters
Dying Matters is a broad based and inclusive national coalition of 30,000 members, which aims to change public knowledge, attitudes and behaviours towards dying, death and bereavement. Many of us have specific wishes about how we’d like to die, or how long we want doctors to keep us alive, or what we’d like to happen after our death. We provide specific information which might help you to answer questions or start conversations about death, dying and bereavement. Whether you’re looking for advice on caring for someone close, planning your own future or simply interested in finding out what the options are, we will help you think things through.
My Death, My Decision
We are a national campaign and membership organisation campaigning for change across the UK. My Death, My Decision is a right-to-die campaign organisation that wants to see a more compassionate approach to dying in the UK, including giving people the opportunity to have a medically assisted death if that is their considered choice (assisted dying).
We believe that medically assisted dying should be available to all mentally competent adults with incurable health problems that reduce their quality of life permanently below the level they are willing to accept, provided this is their own persistent request. Unlike Dignity in Dying (the largest UK assisted dying campaign group), we do not think this option should be restricted to those who are terminally ill with a prognosis of 6 months or less. Many people are left incurably suffering for longer than 6 months. Doctors are not always able to give an accurate 6 month prognosis. Doctor opposition to the 6 month criterion was one of the reasons why recent attempts to introduce assisted dying legislation was rejected.
We seek to work with the medical community and legal experts to agree a workable set of safeguards which will protect vulnerable people, while allowing personal autonomy to those who feel their life is complete and no longer wish to endure their worsening conditions, preferring the option of assisted dying.
Dignity in Dying
We believe everybody has the right to a good death. Including the option of assisted dying for terminally ill, mentally competent adults.
Further Support Services
Mental Health UK
1 in 4 people in the UK has experienced a mental health problem. We bring together over 40 years of expertise from four national mental health charities to provide advice, information and support.
Mind
We won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect. We provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. We campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.
Please note: Non of the organisations listed in this document are associated with this study. The information is gathered directly from their respective websites.