Question follow-through · 95369

Ambulance Services: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of suicide prevention training provided to ambulance staff.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
28 Nov 2025
Target answer date
2 Dec 2025
Answer
5 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of suicide prevention training provided to ambulance staff.

  2. 2 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The mental health of all National Health Service staff is a high priority, including ambulance staff as responders to emergency incidents.Significant work is underway to strengthen the quality and consistency of suicide training across the health system. ...

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