Suicide prevention policy
Suicide rates in the England have reached their highest level since 1999. The government introduced a new suicide prevention strategy for England in September 2023.
Documents to download
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Social Care (Local Sufficiency) and Identification of Carers Bill (361 KB , PDF)
This Bill has two aims: to place a sufficiency duty on local authorities to ensure that there are sufficient social care services to support carers and disabled people, in particular to aid them to enter or remain in the labour market, or undertake work-related education or training; and to help ensure the early identification of carers by schools, and further and higher education institutions. Health bodies would have to ensure that effective procedures to identify carers and potential carers were in place, and ensure that carers received appropriate information and advice, and relevant medical services.
Documents to download
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Social Care (Local Sufficiency) and Identification of Carers Bill (361 KB , PDF)
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