Suicide and self-harm prevention
Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) has published a briefing on suicide and self-harm in Scotland, noting the Government is likely to develop a self-harm strategy over the next couple of years.
The briefing concludes policy on the issues is likely to be prominent during the rest of this year and throughout 2023 with the publication of its new suicide prevention strategy in September 2022. The self-harm strategy could be included in the Programme for Government in 2022-23.
A pilot service to support people bereaved by suicide was also introduced in NHS Ayrshire and Arran and NHS Highland in August 2021.
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