WHAT DO AMs SAY SHOULD BE DONE?

The health committee has made 31 recommendations in its report, including:

■ A target should be introduced for waiting times for psychological therapies to ensure that those in need receive this support within a suitable timescale;

■ The Welsh Government must take all necessary steps to ensure parity between mental and physical health services;

■ The Welsh Government and other public bodies, including local health boards and local authorities, should make specific funding available for suicide prevention to ensure that it is sustainable in the long term;

■ A suicide prevention training framework should be adopted and implemented across all public services in a similar way to the framework for domestic violence, where training requirements are specified depending on the role;

■ The Welsh Government should take the lead in promoting existing materials, such as the ‘See. Say. Signpost.’ training resource as part of a campaign to raise public awareness and embed the message that suicide is everybody’s business and can happen in any community at any time;

■ The Welsh Government take urgent action to ensure that all GPs in Wales are aware of and understand the GMC guidelines on sharing information and the consensus statement agreed by the UK Department of Health, Royal Colleges and other partners.