Uncomfortable Conversations: Suicide Awareness
AACE and the College of Paramedics held a suicide awareness zoom call on Friday 24 January 2025.
This session was for anyone working, volunteering or learning within the ambulance service or paramedic profession, its purpose being to increase understanding and awareness of suicide and its prevention generally, as well as specifically within the ambulance service workplace and other healthcare settings.
The slides for this session are available below.
Facilitators
The session was facilitated by Anna Parry, Managing Director, AACE, Tracy Nicholls, Chief Executive, College of Paramedics and Peter Reading, Chief Executive, YAS.
Contributors
Rachael Clifford
National Ambulance Suicide Register Lead, AACE
David Snelders
National Training and Clinical Manager, TASC
Joe Cartwright
Paramedic, EEAST
Steve Poulton
Paramedic Advisor, College of Paramedics
Kerry Gulliver
Director of People, EMAS
