Creation of a National Bullying-related suicide & attempted suicide register

Creation of a National Bullying-Related Suicide & Attempted Suicide Register

(AKA- Willow’s Register)

Why This Is Urgent

The UK has no national system that records suicides or attempts linked to bullying.

That means:

  • No accountability

  • No accurate data

  • No targeted funding

  • No political visibility

  • No way for grieving families to prove the role bullying played

And without hard numbers, we cannot protect children like Willow.

The Reality

Willow’s case is not isolated.

  • Suicide is the leading cause of death for under-35s in the UK

  • Rates are rising fastest among 10–19-year-olds, especially girls

  • 1 in 6 children has a probable mental-health condition

  • 66% of bullied children report severe mental-health impact

Yet none of this is linked to official suicide recording systems.
Deaths are rising, the system is blind, and families are left powerless.

What Willow’s Law Proposes

1. A Legally Mandated National Register

A central UK database — Willow’s Register — tracking:

  • All suicides or attempts where bullying is a primary or contributing cause

  • Cross-referenced data from:

  • Schools

  • CAMHS

  • Social services

  • Safeguarding reports

Data included:

  • Coroners’ reports

  • CAMHS assessments

  • Safeguarding logs

  • Parental statements

  • GP mental-health notes

2. Automatic Trigger Points for Inclusion

A case is automatically logged if any of these occur:

  • 3+ bullying incidents followed by suicide/attempt

  • CAMHS referral explicitly linking bullying, peer abuse, or distress

  • Formal parental complaint about bullying before the attempt

3. Reporting Requirements

Annual anonymised data must be published, broken down by:

  • Age

  • Region

  • Type of bullying

  • Method and timing of suicide/attempt

Schools with more than one entry in two years must undergo a mandatory safeguarding inspection.

4. Consequences for Non-Reporting

Schools or agencies that fail to report will face:

  • Ofsted/local-authority investigation

  • Legal penalties for safeguarding failures

  • Loss of funding or accreditation for repeat non-compliance

No hiding. No loopholes. No silence.

Positive Change This Brings

✔ Acknowledgement — finally names the truth behind these deaths
✔ Policy Reform — creates hard data needed for law, funding, and action
✔ Empowers Families — gives grieving parents a legal role in change
✔ Early Detection — reveals high-risk areas and unsafe schools
✔ Public Pressure — once the numbers are visible, action MUST follow

Core Message

We cannot fix what we refuse to track.

A national register is how we expose the scale of harm — and finally protect children like Willow

The register wil be named willows register and maintained by:

  • Department for education

  • Department of health and social care

  • Office for national statistics

  • NHS England