Support for those Bereaved by Suicide

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:35 pm on 5 November 2019.

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Photo of Lynne Neagle Lynne Neagle Labour 1:35, 5 November 2019

Thank you, First Minister. We recently held the first substantive meeting of the new cross-party group on suicide prevention, focusing on suicide bereavement. We had a very powerful presentation from the inspirational Angela Samata, about how, working with those bereaved by suicide, a range of innovative projects have been developed in England, both to support those bereaved by suicide and to prevent further suicides. The Welsh Government committed in its response to the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee's 'Everybody's Business' report to urgently review the postvention pathway now in place in England, in order to adapt it for Wales. Given that we know that bereavement by suicide is a major risk factor for dying by suicide, and that postvention is therefore prevention, when can we expect such a pathway to be in place in Wales, and will you ensure that lived experience is fully taken into account in its development?