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Carlisle woman's death was 'a cry for help' - Carlisle News & Star 30th October 2009
"A widow who doused herself in petrol and set fire to it was still grieving after losing her husband to terminal cancer, an inquest heard."
Why has Hebden Bridge become suicide central? - The Independent on Sunday 1st November 2009
"Once an industrious oasis, Hebden Bridge became a hippie paradise in the 1960s and latterly a middle-class hotspot. So how did it turn into the suicide capital of Yorkshire? The film-maker Jez Lewis returned to his home town – where 15 of his childhood friends have killed themselves in the past 20 years – to find out what went wrong in this troubled bohemian idyll"
'Death tourism' leads Swiss to consider ban on assisted suicide - The Guardian 28th October 2009
"The Swiss government is considering restricting or even banning organised assisted suicide in an attempt to reduce so-called "death tourism".
Swiss authorities want to ensure euthanasia is a last resort for the terminally ill, amid fears their current laws on assisted suicide could be open to abuse. A study last year suggested more and more people seeking help to die in Switzerland did not have a terminal illness."
Award for north Cumbria caring website - Carlisle News & Star 26th October 2009
"A website that has helped to slash suicide and self-harm rates across north Cumbria has won a national award.
The social-networking site gives people with complex mental health problems a place to go for help when they are reaching crisis-point."
Doctors who back assisted suicide 40 per cent more likely to withdraw treatment - The Times 26th October 2009
"Doctors who support the legalisation of assisted suicide are more likely to withdraw or withhold treatment from dying patients, a study has found.
Actively helping someone to die remains illegal in Britain but more than a third of GPs and hospital doctors report making decisions which they expected would accelerate the death of a terminally-ill patient. "
Cumbrian website wins award after cutting suicide figures - Lancashire Telegraph 22nd October 2009
"A SOCIAL networking site run by Cumbrian people with personality disorders has won an award for its work to promote patient safety.
The website, www.itc4u.org, picked up a BT E-health Insider Award at a ceremony in London after its work resulted in huge reductions in suicide attempts and hospital admissions. "
Double suicide as two teenagers hang themselves within 24 hours of each other after minor rows with their parents - Daily Mail 23rd October 2009
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Two teenagers in the same class hanged themselves within 24 hours of each other after minor rows with their families, a coroner heard.
Talented guitar player Elliot Simms, 15, fashioned a noose out of the instrument's strap and tied it to a bannister before taking his own life. "
Police and NHS slammed over man's death - Manchester Evening News 22nd Octoebr 2009
"INVESTIGATORS have slammed communication between police and hospital staff after a disturbed man fell to his death having being seen by police THREE TIMES earlier the same day.
Wayne Dyson, 44, fell from the eighth floor of a block of flats in Ashton under Lyne last year. "
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: What kind of country have we become if doctors and lawyers allow a disturbed young woman to die? - Daily Mail 10th October 2009
"The coroner's verdict was unequivocal. Dr Alexander Heaton, he said, 'went over and above what was required of him' when Kerrie Wooltorton was admitted to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.
She had swallowed anti-freeze, but insisted she didn't want to be saved. In her hand was a note which began: 'To whom it may concern, if I come into hospital regarding taking an overdose or any attempt on my life, I would like for NO lifesaving treatment to be given. "
Bishops: legal rules could prevent repeat of Kerrie Wooltorton ‘living will’ suicide - Daily Telegraph 6th October 2009
"Doctors who allow suicidal patients to die because they have written a “living will” could be breaking Government guidelines, Roman Catholic bishops claim. "
Suicide target 'will not be met' - BBC Health News 6th October 2009
"Scotland's largest health authority has said it is unlikely to meet its target on suicide prevention.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GGC) has been tasked with reducing the suicide rate by 20% between 2002 and 2013. "
Living wills case could lead to 'assisted suicide by backdoor' - Daily Telegraph 6th October 2009
"The case of Kerrie Wooltorton who used a 'living will' to order doctors not to save her life when she deliberately poisoned herself could lead to assisted suicide by the back door, a psychiatrist has warned. "
Woman who threw herself under train 'complained of ageing' after taking anti-acne drug' - Daily Mail 6th October 2009
"A woman who stepped in front of a train had complained of feeling prematurely aged after taking an anti-acne drug, an inquest heard today.
Angela Lee, 28, from Ilford, east London had struggled with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) for half her life."
Living wills law could be 'revisited' after Kerrie Wooltorton suicide case – Andy Burnham - The Sunday Telegraph 4th October 2009
"The law on “living wills” could be reviewed after a young woman used one to commit suicide, Andy Burnham, the Health Secretary, has said. "
Doctors 'forced' to allow suicide - BBC Health News 2nd October 2009
"Doctors were forced to allow a suicidal woman who had swallowed anti-freeze to die, because she refused medical help.
Kerrie Wooltorton, 26, of Norwich, had also made a "living will" requesting no intervention if she tried to take her own life, a Norwich inquest heard. "
Parents quizzed over hanging death - The Guardian 2nd September 2009
"The mother and stepfather of an eight-year-old girl found hanged in her bedroom are being quizzed by police in connection with her death.
Simon and Susan Moody were arrested more than two weeks after the body of Charlotte Avenall was found at their home in Mansfield, Notts."
Parents of girl, 8, found hanged in her bedroom are arrested over her death - Daily Mail 1st October 2009
"The parents of an eight-year-old girl found hanged in her bedroom were arrested yesterday in connection with the death.
It is believed Charlotte Avenall was throttled accidentally after getting tangled in a ribbon on a toy hanging from a window at her home in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. "
Doctors acted legally in 'living will' suicide case - The Guardian 1st October 2009
"Hospital staff had no alternative but to follow woman's instruction not to save her from self-poisoning"
Law that let me my girl kill herself makes me ashamed to be British - Daily Mail 2nd October 2009
"The father of a woman allowed to commit suicide in hospital last night demanded a change in the law that let her die.
Kerrie Wooltorton swallowed poison and then arrived at hospital with what she said was a living will - which meant doctors felt they had to let her die. "
Suicide woman allowed to die because doctors feared saving her would be assault - Daily Telegraph 1st October 2009
"Doctors allowed a young woman, Kerrie Wooltorton, to kill herself because she had signed a "living will" that meant they could have been prosecuted if they intervened to save her life. "
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