Decision details

Joint Suicide Prevention Strategy for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 2022-2025 - DEC22/CAB/53

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To discuss and agree the Joint Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Suicide Prevention Strategy 2022-2025, for final approval by the Health and Wellbeing Board.

Decision:

Cabinet considered the report and RESOLVED to:

 

1.    Approved the Joint Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Suicide Prevention Strategy 2022-2025.

 

Reasons for the decision:

The National Suicide Prevention Strategy outlined that ‘Local responsibility for coordinating and implementing work on suicide prevention will become, from April 2013, an integral part of local authorities’ new responsibilities for leading on local public health and health improvement.’

 

Alternative options considered:

The option to not refresh the strategy was rejected as it was out of date and no longer accurately reflected the needs of the people of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

 

Interests and Nature of Interests Declared:

None.

Background Documents:

·         Joint Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Suicide Prevention Strategy 2022-2025

·         Preventing Suicide in England (National Suicide Prevention Strategy)

·         September 2014 report to Cambridgeshire County Council Health Committee relating to

·         the 2014 draft of the Suicide Prevention Strategy

·         Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Health and Wellbeing Strategy

Publication date: 19/12/2022

Date of decision: 19/12/2022

Decided at meeting: 19/12/2022 - Cabinet

Effective from: 23/12/2022

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