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<p>In January 2019, we published the first cross-Government suicide prevention workplan,
which sets out an ambitious programme of work across national and local government
and the National Health Service to reduce suicide rates across all age groups. This
includes work to support children and young people through our Green Paper on children
and young people’s mental health. The workplan also outlines action being taken to
reduce suicide rates in high-risk groups such as men by, amongst other things, raising
awareness and reducing stigma of mental health in this group.</p><p> </p><p>Through
the NHS Long Term Plan, we are also investing £57 million in suicide prevention to
support local suicide prevention plans and establish suicide bereavement support services.
We have worked with NHS England to ensure that local areas use this funding to test
approaches to reaching and engaging men in their local communities. We are also increasing
investment in children’s and young people’s mental health services, meaning that,
by 2023/24, an extra 345,000 children and young people aged 0-25 will receive mental
health support via NHS-funded mental health services and school- or college-based
mental health support teams.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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