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Summit Report and Key Note Speeches Available


Picture_of_lewis_McDonaldChoose Life held its annual summit on the 7th and 8th of February, which was opened by Lewis Macdonald, Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care.

The two day event, held in Edinburgh, brought together Choose Life Co-ordinators from around the country and other key people tasked with reducing Scotland’s suicide rate.

The event was judged to be a huge success, as can be seen from the downloadable Summit Report. The report shows an overall improvement on last year’s Summit with 93% of delegates rating the event as either good or excellent.

Many people also praised the informative and inspiring speeches- some of which can be accessed below:

 

 

 Title:  Presented By:
  Challenges for the future  Gregor Henderson
  Suicide prevention- what use are psychiatrists?  Tom Brown
  Evaluation- why do we do it?  Allyson McCollum
  Making links with the substance misuse agenda  Mike McCarron