Cabinet and briefing material: Annual update on suicide prevention progress and Updated Suicide Prevention Action Plan: Release of Consultation Document 

These documents have been proactively released by the Ministry of Health on behalf of the Minister for Mental Health, Hon Matt Doocey.

Titles of Cabinet papers:

• Annual update on suicide prevention progress and approval to consult on a new suicide prevention action plan
• Updated suicide prevention action plan consultation document

Titles of Cabinet minutes:

• Suicide Prevention: Progress and Approval to Consult on a New Suicide Prevention Action Plan (SOU-24-MIN-0038)
• Report of the Cabinet Social Outcomes Committee: Period Ended 10 May 2024 (CAB-24-MIN-0158)
• Updated Suicide Prevention Action Plan: Release of Consultation Document (SOU-24-MIN-0104)
• Report of the Cabinet Social Outcomes Committee: Period Ended 30 August 2024 (CAB-24-MIN-0327)

Titles of briefing documents:

• Briefing - Options for developing the next suicide prevention action plan (H2023034247)
• Aide-mémoire - Suicide prevention action plan progress (H2024039013)
• Aide-mémoire - Cabinet paper for lodging: Suicide prevention action plan consultation document and annual update (H2024040439)

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Key to redaction code/s:

• Out of scope.
• S 9(2)(a) to protect the privacy of natural persons.
• S 9(2)(f)(iv) to maintain the constitutional conventions that protect the confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers and officials.