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Closed petition Make Local Suicide Preventions Strategies Mandatory

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Require all local authority areas to develop and implement a local suicide prevention strategy ad implementation plan led by the local Director of Public Health or Senior member of the public health team and establish a suicide prevention group that includes specialist representation from all relevant sectors being private, public, third sector and community. Local suicide prevention plans must include provision for self-harm prevention and for those bereaved by suicide. One suicide is one too many.

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    This petition will stay open until 22 August 2014.