Claim: The rollout of liaison therapy may have contributed to a 6% fall in suicide rates.
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Verdict: this fall did happen but the link can't be proved. experts say liaison services can play a role in reducing suicides, but there's no way to prove the extent to which one caused the other, and the rates tend to fluctuate from year to year anyway.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Hannah Phaup
Date published: 2017-12-19T00:00:00