With a recession imminent, the UK government is considering plans to train public servants in suicide prevention. Preparing front-line civil servants to help suicidal members of the public is part of a suicide prevention proposal that is under consultation in the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
Officials have been holding “deep-dive” meetings, the New Statesman understands, and the plan is expected to be implemented “early next year”. The idea was first mooted publicly by a government figure in June of this year, in a speech by Sajid Javid, who was the health secretary at the time. “The next few months are critical and we must do everything in our power to make sure that we support the most vulnerable as they deal with these financial pressures,” said Javid, whose brother took his own life.
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