Outcome 1
The environment we live in promotes conditions which protect against suicide risk. This includes our psychological, social, cultural, economic and physical environment.
Short term outcome: Key priority Scottish Government policies (based on Annex A in the Action Plan 2022- 25) increasingly incorporate and deliver actions designed to contribute to both suicide prevention and tackling the inequalities that affect suicidal behaviour.
Action |
What we did in 2023/24 |
Year two activities |
What next – milestones |
Who with |
Indicative budget to support delivery |
1.1 – Whole of Government and society approach |
- Developed discussion paper, framework and hosted workshop to establish priority actions for focus on year one
- Engaged with leads across Scottish Government to build opportunities to progress the Whole of Government and Society actions
- Developed framework for prioritisation of actions with partners and advice from NSPAG
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- Work with Suicide Prevention Policy Team to follow up on commitments made in Appendix A and progress work further
- Identify and build engagement with policy teams across government to influence policy strategy to tackle inequalities and wider determinants
- Lead a service design principles approach to develop policy interventions that can have the greatest impact on reducing suicide risk
- Support engagement across COSLA policy teams
- Ensure approach to tests of change across the Outcomes includes whole society approach
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Summer 2024
- Review progress against Appendix A commitments
- Revisit plan for cross government engagement
- Analysis of evidence and insight gathered throughout year one which will support prioritisation paper, on priorities across the 10 years of the strategy
Autumn 2024
- Test of change developed to support delivery of policy interventions which will have the greatest impact
Winter 2024/25
- implement delivery plan for priority policy interventions and to inform further cross-government work
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Scottish Government Suicide Prevention Policy Team Other relevant policy teams COSLA Samaritans Scotland |
£46,086 |
Short term outcome: There is increased multi-agency and cross sectoral awareness and action nationally and locally to restrict access to methods of suicide.
Action |
What we did in 2023/24 |
Year two activities |
What next – milestones |
Who with |
Indicative budget to support delivery |
2.1 – Access to means – cross sector action plan to address locations of concern |
- Held a series of regional events to consider approaches to locations of concern which will influence national plan
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- Hold national stakeholder event
- Share learning from local stakeholder events
- Develop a delivery plan to support implementation of national guidance on Locations of Concern which supports existing local guidance
- Develop a range of measures to support local work and share best practice
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Summer 2024
- Develop a proposal for action following national event
Autumn 2024
- Engage with national stakeholders
- Gather and share examples of best practice
Winter 2024/25
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PHS Suicide Prevention Implementation Leads Local Suicide Prevention groups Local decision making structures |
£40,246 |
2.2 – Access to means - consider priority actions from Delphi study |
- Delphi study phase 2 delayed due to requirement for additional ethical approval and work carried over to 2024/25
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- Utilise learning from Delphi study phase 1 to support work of action 2.1
- Following publication of Delphi study phase 2 in Autumn 2024, agree plan of implementation of recommendations where appropriate
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Autumn 2024
- Hold a roundtable event to disseminate findings and plan delivery of recommendations
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AAG Scottish Government COSLA Other key partners identified through the work |
Funding above will support action 2.1 and 2.2 |
Short term outcome: Traditional media (including their online content) increasingly recognise and implement best practice in reporting, discussing and portraying suicide
Action |
What we did in 2023/24 |
Year two activities |
What next – milestones |
Who with |
Indicative budget to support delivery |
3.1 – media reporting |
- Delivered a series of training sessions for professionals working across media
- Delivered media training to elected local members in Inverness
- Training session to members of the Scottish Rural Mental Health Forum.
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- Working with partners, deliver training sessions to local suicide prevention stakeholders to increase confidence
- Increase media industry training and engagement
- Develop plan for college and university engagement
- Increase monitoring of media reporting
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Throughout 2024/25
- Strengthen relationships with media industry
- Training and engagement plan for colleges and university media students
- Ongoing monitoring of reporting on suicide
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Media industry Media and journalism students and trainees Spokespeople who may speak about suicide publicly |
£ 37,616 |
