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National Suicide Memorial Day for Health and Care Workers
Run by Doctors in Distress.
Annual memorial day, run with NHS Practitioner Health, to remember healthcare workers who have died by suicide.
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- Date
- Friday, 17 September 2027
- How often
- Annually on 17 September
- Next dates
- Friday, 17 September 2027 · Sunday, 17 September 2028 · Monday, 17 September 2029
- Venue
- Various NHS and partner sites across the UK, United Kingdom
What happens
Held annually on 17 September, this memorial day was launched in 2024 by Doctors in Distress in collaboration with NHS Practitioner Health. It honours the estimated 2,500 healthcare workers who have died by suicide since 2011, marking around four deaths a week, and gives colleagues, friends and family a shared moment to remember them.
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Booking
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