Petition Introduce a Suicide Prevention Act to seek to minimise suicides
We want the Government to legislate to:
- Create a National Suicide Prevention Office
- Require suicide prevention plans, frameworks and training for public and private organisations
- Support statutory local suicide prevention partnerships
- Enable sharing of data on suicide deaths/attempts
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- Require suicide prevention impact assessments for new legislation and policies
- Require lived experience input in developing suicide prevention plans and policies
- Establish dedicated crisis support and community support hubs
- Create provisions to tackle loneliness and social isolation
- Require the teaching of suicide prevention in schools
- Amend building regulations to 'design out' suicide risks
- Establish dedicated trauma and loss counselling
- Require RIDDOR reporting for suspected suicides and psychological injuries at work
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