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Massive Disruption at Paddington - Suicide at Hayes & Harlington
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Cantrell writes On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 02:57:38AM +0100, D A Stocks wrote: I understand Southern have had some success with the measures they have taken at the more notorious spots in their territory. What have they done, and what are those spots? I don't know if it is related to actions by Southern, but there was a controlled experiment by the Forestry Commission in the New Forest, that involved placing posters advertising the help that can be given by the Samaritans at car parks that had a record of suicides by car-exhaust poisoning. Although seemingly very simple, suicides in the area were reduced from 10 a year to 3.3, while no significant changes were found in comparable forest districts. There's also a joint ATOC-Samaritans leaflet on the problem ... http://www.samaritans.org/about_sama...s/reducing_sui cide_railways.aspx .... that, in addition to placing posters at notorious spots, suggests that the staff training offered by the Samaritans can help rail staff in feeling more confident to intervene when a situation arises. -- Paul Terry |
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