The New Guidance on Talking about Suicide

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Education – in the Senedd at 2:08 pm on 23 October 2019.

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Photo of Mandy Jones Mandy Jones UKIP 2:08, 23 October 2019

Minister, one of my staff members has just completed an ASIST training course—that is, an applied suicide intervention skills training. This involved having very uncomfortable conversations about suicide, and it's aiming to keep people safe for now. Are there any plans to roll this sort of scheme out with your own programmes to teachers and appropriate staff in Welsh schools?