Laura Campbell

Bryony Gordon's Mad World

The Telegraph

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

On World Suicide Prevention Day, Bryony talks to someone with a very unusual - but important - job. Laura Campbell is the suicide prevention manager for Govia Thameslink Railway - the first person to have that title and the only suicide prevention manager for any train company. Laura joins Bryony to talk about how she trains railway staff to carry out suicide interventions at their stations, shares invaluable tools to support vulnerable people and opens up about the painful childhood experience that drew her towards this role.

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0:00.0	The telegraph. Podcasts.
0:10.0	I just feel like if I can just save one person, then, you know, it's worth getting up
0:14.8	every morning and doing the job.
0:18.8	Today we're talking about a subject that can be all too painful to discuss, but not discussing
0:24.3	it is part of the problem.
0:26.7	The day we're releasing this episode is World Suicide Prevention Day and I'm back with
0:30.9	a very special edition of MADWARD to market and a guest with a very special job.
0:36.8	Laura Campbell is the Suicide Prevention Manager for Govia Tendling Railway, the first person
0:42.4	to have that title and the only Suicide Prevention Manager for any train company in the country.
0:48.9	It's not an easy role. Laura helps train staff to carry out suicide interventions at their
0:54.0	locations, but she has an invaluable insight into the tools needed to support vulnerable
0:59.0	people. For every life lost on the railway, six are saved.
1:04.5	So Laura and I are assisting in the telegraph audio studio with some much needed human
1:09.3	connection to talk about what her job entails and also the things we can look out for in
1:13.9	our loved ones and the things we can look out for in ourselves.
1:18.4	This is a subject which we don't talk about enough is it Laura?
1:21.3	No, definitely not.
1:22.5	It's still a huge taboo.
1:23.9	I'm going to first ask you the question, I ask every guest on MADWARD, which is how are
1:28.8	you really right now? Not the kind of breezy, I'm fine, thanks, like how are you really
1:34.3	right now?
1:35.3	Well thank you for asking that. It's not a question that gets asked a lot, so thank you.
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