Increase in suicide related calls at half of England's ambulance services over lockdown
Video report by ITV News Correspondent Rachel Younger It has been called a “second pandemic” with charities across the UK warning of a growing mental health crisis since the first Covid restrictions began. But because it takes months for suicides to be formally recorded, there are, as yet, no official figures on suicides over the past year. That means its too soon to know whether the virus has affected the number of people taking their own lives. However, new figures from England’s ambulance services, shared with ITV News, suggest some areas have experienced a spike in calls related...
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