Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 44345

Fire and Rescue Services: Training

Tabled: 4 April 2025
Answered: 10 April 2025

Question

Lisa Smart

Liberal DemocratHazel Grove

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on ensuring firefighters receive suicide prevention training.

Answer

Alex Norris
Every suicide is a tragedy, and we recognise the valuable role that firefighters play in attending these emergency incidents. As part of the Government’s mission to reduce the lives lost to suicide we are recruiting 8,500 new mental health workers who wil...

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