10847 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health

10847 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health: What progress, if any, has been made in the quarter October – December 2023 to ‘Review the national approach to Māori suicide prevention and construct suicide prevention approaches consistent with mātauranga Māori to reduce the rate of suicide and suicidal behaviour’ under section 4.1 ‘Māori health improvement’ within Te Whatu Ora’s Te Pae Tata: Interim New Zealand Health Plan 2022?

Hon Dr Shane Reti: I am advised that during the October – December 2023 quarter, a review of the national approach to suicide prevention was completed. The outcome of that review will be one of the many tools used by our health agencies to inform future actions.