Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 13540

Gambling: Suicide

Tabled: 11 November 2024
Answered: 20 November 2024

Question

Adam Jogee

Labour — Newcastle-under-Lyme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle gambling-related suicide in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (b) Staffordshire.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The Government has committed to tackling suicide. We will recruit an additional 8,500 new mental health workers, and these new staff will be specially trained to support people at risk from suicide. The five-year Suicide Prevention Strategy for England id...
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