Suicide prevention plan for West Dunbartonshire
It is hoped the strategy will help curb the rising number of people taking their own lives.
Suicide rates in West Dunbartonshire have increased (Image: Lennox Herald)
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A new suicide prevention plan is being developed in West Dunbartonshire – with new guidance launched to help the council tackle the rising number of people taking their own lives.
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Toni Giugliano with pet dog Harris in Dumbarton. Mr Giugliano has spearheaded the creation of a new national suicide bereavement service due to launch in Scotland next month (Pic: Gordon Terris/ Herald & Times) A NEW suicide bereavement service set to launch in Scotland this summer could save over 70 lives a year by preventing those who have lost loved ones to suicide from taking their own lives. The initiative - expected to be rolled out over June and July - will be piloted for two years initially in the Highland and Ayrshire and Arran regions, with a view to being expanded to families nationally.
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Scott Docherty, from Glasgow, was just 32 when he passed away on January 7. He is survived by his sons Layton, 7, and Jaxon, 4. His devastated mum, Linda Docherty, and sister, Sharon Walker, described Scott as “infectious” and “hard to forget”. Both of them are calling for better mental health support for anyone who needs it.
Scott’s step dad Tony Noble, mum Linda Docherty, sister Sharon Walker and father William Docherty in front of Ibrox Stadium, where there were tributes to the dad-of-two Sharon, 40, said: “It was my first day back at work after having Covid and a friend of Scott’s had been trying to contact me to say Scott’s phone wasn’t on.