Suicide: Mental Health Services

(asked on 19th October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will provide an update on the 2023 suicide prevention strategy.


Answered by
Alison McGovern Portrait
Alison McGovern
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 28th October 2026

The Government recognises the importance of sustained, effective, long-term support for children and young people at risk of suicide.

The Government’s Suicide Prevention Strategy identifies children and young people as a priority group and sets out a range of actions across education, healthcare, and online safety to help identify risk earlier, provide timely support, and reduce the number of young lives lost to suicide.

We continue to monitor implementation of the strategy, as set out in the answer of 27 October in response to Question 30784.

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