Issue details

Herefordshire Suicide Prevention Strategy

 

 

To approve a Suicide Prevention Strategy for Herefordshire 2025 - 2029. The strategy has been developed in collaboration with local partners and highlights our commitment to reduce the number of local lives lost to suicide. The strategy takes a whole-county, all-age approach. It is intended that partner organisations will each take forward actions and work collaboratively to reduce the number of suicides in Herefordshire.

Decision type: Key

Reason Key: Strategic nature / impact on communities;

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Wards affected: (All Wards);

Notice of proposed decision first published: 13/06/2025

Decision due: 25 September 2025 by Cabinet

Lead member: Cabinet member adults, health and wellbeing

Lead director: Corporate Director - Community Wellbeing, Director of Public Health

Department: Community Wellbeing

Contact: Lindsay MacHardy, Public Health Principal Email: lindsay.machardy@herefordshire.gov.uk Email: Lindsay.MacHardy@herefordshire.gov.uk Tel: 01432 260554, Kristan Pritchard, Public Health Lead - Mental Health Email: Kristan.Pritchard@herefordshire.gov.uk Tel: 01432383144.

Consultees

•34 local organisations participated in interviews
•64 anonymous public questionnaires completed
•7 lived experience interviews

Decisions

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Documents

  • Herefordshire Suicide Prevention Strategy