Former psychiatric nurse to give evidence to suicide committee

Member for LegCo set share his experience of Manx support mechanisms

The Tynwald inquiry into suicide will hear from a senior politician with a career in mental health care, as it sits for a second session of oral evidence today.

MLC Bill Henderson, a former psychiatric nurse, will appear before the Social Affairs Policy Review Committee at 2.30pm.

Earlier this week, it heard from representatives in the third sector who specialise in bereavement, as well as civil servants from government staff welfare.

The committee has received written evidence which has been published on the Tynwald website.  

Anonymous submissions have raised concerns about the lack of preventative measures on-Island, coupled with the long waiting lists at the community mental health centre.