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Closure of this process is a high-risk time where people may be at risk of self-harm. Mechanisms to manage risk, particularly following closure of the ACCT management process, mean that many people subsequently self-harm while not being monitored. This creates an opportunity to evaluate the examination of a new tool that could be used to assess ongoing risk after an incident of self-harm and closure of ACCT, and bridge ongoing support.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"abs1-2\">\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To assess the acceptability of a new risk tool to clinicians, prison officers and people in custody, and subsequently, develop an operational implementation pathway to embed the risk tool in practice.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"abs1-3\">\n                    <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A qualitative study using action learning groups.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"abs1-4\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of five action learning groups were conducted in four male and one female prison sites. These included participation from six staff and eight people in custody. Four themes emerged from the thematic analysis, including establishing an effective implementation process, consistent administration and scoring, purposeful follow-up procedure, and meaningful engagement with people in custody. Two exemplar operational pathways were presented to identify how the risk tool could be incorporated into routine practice.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"abs1-5\">\n                    <jats:title>Limitations<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Although this qualitative study used transparent and systematic methods, our sample size was small and may not be representative.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"abs1-6\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Suicidal thoughts, behaviours and attempts in people in prison continue to be common, and there is a need for a structured approach to reduce repetition. Action learning methods identified barriers, potential solutions and how a new tool could work alongside existing risk management. Future research should focus on the development of the exemplar pathways. In the first instance, a stakeholder working group could review the tool to make initial refinements, followed by a wider implementation study to develop the processes of how the tool could work in practice.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"abs1-7\">\n                    <jats:title>Funding<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This article presents independent research funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment programme as award number 16\/159\/09.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3310\/gjsf0930","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,30]],"date-time":"2025-09-30T07:48:08Z","timestamp":1759218488000},"page":"1-18","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3310\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Understanding barriers and facilitators of implementing a new assessment and bridging tool to support those at risk of repeat self-harm in prison: the qualitative RAPPS study"],"prefix":"10.3310","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2279-9621","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Leanne","family":"Heathcote","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Mental Health and Safety, Division of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0279-1884","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Amanda E","family":"Perry","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Health Sciences Department, University of York, Heslington, York, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-2840-3763","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Ellie","family":"Thompson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Mental Health and Safety, Division of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2569-7687","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Jennifer","family":"Shaw","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Mental Health and Safety, Division of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7133-4898","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Jane","family":"Senior","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Mental Health and Safety, Division of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5383-5365","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Seena","family":"Fazel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Oxford and NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"6221","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"key2026042818435600_ref1-bib1","volume-title":"Deaths in Prison Custody to September 2023. 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