To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure accessible and culturally sensitive suicide prevention support is available to Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.
Answered on
10 January 2023
In Preventing suicide in England: Fifth progress report of the cross-government outcomes strategy to save lives, the Government highlighted the importance of considering the needs of gypsy, traveller and Roma communities in suicide prevention activity. This includes encouraging local areas to reflect the specific needs of their population in their suicide prevention plans, with specific consideration to local gypsy, traveller and Roma communities where relevant.
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