Policy paper

Suicide prevention strategy for England: 2023 to 2028

Our visions and aims to prevent self-harm and suicide, including the actions the government and other organisations will take to save lives.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 11 September 2023

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Applies to England

Documents

Suicide prevention in England: 5-year cross-sector strategy

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Suicide prevention strategy: action plan

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Details

This strategy sets out the government’s ambitions over the next 5 years to:

• reduce suicide rates
• improve support for people who have self-harmed
• improve support for people bereaved by suicide

The strategy was informed by the mental health call for evidence launched in 2022, and was developed to identify priority groups, suicide risk factors and steps we need to take in consultation with:

• individuals
• organisations across national and local government
• the NHS
• the private sector
• the voluntary, community and social enterprise sectors
• academia

It includes steps and actions from across government and a wide range of organisations to achieve these ambitions with the ultimate aim to reduce the suicide rate over the next 5 years – with initial reductions in half this time.

Published 11 September 2023