Governance and Collaboration - 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 resource highlights the role of Chief Officers and provides examples of local suicide prevention governance structures, roles and reporting mechanisms.

This will support those working in suicide prevention to:-

• Understand some of the key principles of governance & collaboration for your steering group
• Look at your local structure and governance processes
• Map who needs to be involved in your steering group
• Engage with local stakeholders
• Provide practical examples of how others have developed their steering groups and collaborated