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NHS: Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to introduce mandatory suicide prevention training for all frontline NHS staff.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
9 Sept 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to introduce mandatory suicide prevention training for all frontline NHS staff.

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    There are no current plans to introduce mandatory training for NHS frontline staff on suicide prevention.On 4 April 2025, NHS England published Staying Safe from Suicide: Best Practice Guidance for Safety Assessment, Formulation and Management. This requi...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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