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Introduce a Suicide Prevention Act to seek to minimise suicides

Submitted by Steve Phillip on Monday 10th July 2023

Published on Wednesday 19th July 2023

Current status: Closed

Closed: Friday 19th January 2024

Signatures: 10,478

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Petition Action

Introduce a Suicide Prevention Act to seek to minimise suicides

Petition Details

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

Additional Information

- 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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