27 Aug 2019

Call to ‘equip ordinary people’ to help those at suicide risk

From Morning Report, 7:17 am on 27 August 2019

The government will reveal details about a national suicide prevention strategy in the coming weeks.

Official figures from the chief coroner's office out yesterday show the number of people dying by suicide is the highest it has ever been. In the year to June 685 people died from suicide.

Shaun Robinson is the chief executive of the Mental Health Foundation, he speaks to Corin Dann.