Action Plan Development - Local Suicide Prevention Planning and Implementation Toolkit

This document forms part of the Local Suicide Prevention Planning and Implementation Toolkit developed by Public Health Scotland.

This document provides guidance on creating effective local suicide prevention action plans, with tools to support a needs assessment and examples of suicide prevention activities.

This will help those working in suicide prevention to:-

• Understand some of the core steps in developing a local area suicide prevention action plan
• Understand conducting a needs assessment
• Understand and assess what your local areas needs are
• Consider how you consult on developing your plan
• Consider what activities you may wish to include in your plan
• Prioritise what activities will have the biggest impact locally
• Provide practical examples of how others have developed their plans