Friday 20 March 2026
Internal Reference Number: FOI_9194
Date Request Received: 29/01/2026 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 06/02/2026 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Suicides in Specialist Palliative Care Units
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: I am collecting evidence in relation to the end-of-life experiences of dying adults and wish submit the following questions to you under the Freedom of Information Act. Are there any Specialist Palliative Care Units (SPCUs) within your Trust? If yes, please provide the name and address of these. | |
| Answer To Question 1: Salisbury Hospice - Odstock Rd, Salisbury SP2 8BJ | |
| Question Number 2: Please provide information on the following within your Trust between January 2023 and December 2025 (inclusive). Broken down by year if possible: i) The number of suicides in SPCUs (by adults 18+) ii) The number of attempted suicides in SPCUs (by adults 18+) | |
| Answer To Question 2: i) The number of suicides in SPCUs (by adults 18+) - 0 ii) The number of attempted suicides in SPCUs (by adults 18+) - 0 | |
| Question Number 3: Please provide information on the following within your Trust between January 2023 and December 2025 (inclusive), excluding data provided in Q2. Broken down by year if possible: i) The number of suicides in any hospital ward by patients receiving specialist palliative care (by adults aged 18+) ii) The number of attempted suicides in any hospital ward by patients receiving specialist palliative care (by adults aged 18+) | |
| Answer To Question 3: we are able to report on the number of suicides in the Trust however, our incident reporting system does not hold the information re whether this patients receiving palliative care. | |
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