How we're looking to tackle high suicide rate and offer more hope to residents

Organisations are getting together to raise awareness for World Suicide Prevention Day

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Blackpool still has a higher suicide rate than the national average but efforts are being made to tackle the situation and the various issues linked to it.

Latest figures show there were 27 such tragic deaths in the resort between January 2022 and September 2023 and 62 deaths from suicide and undetermined injury registered in the three-year period 2021-23.

Of concern is the fact that the suicide figures for Blackpool have consistently remained around 50 per cent higher than regional and national averages since 2001.

National data also shows that deaths from suicide in England are increasing — from 5,284 deaths in 2022 to 5,656 deaths in 2023.