Suicide is the biggest cause of death for men under 45 in the United Kingdom. In fact, 75 percent of the 4,800 suicides in England in 2015 were male. Given the statistics, many organisations will experience an employee suicide. The Business in the Community (BITC) has partnered with Public Health England to produce a “postvention” toolkit for employers, designed to support companies in their response to an employee suicide, either at work or outside the workplace. Ever since a young employee at National Grid Gas Distribution took his life in a public way, the Time to Talk campaign has been offering mental health training.

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