68046 (2024). Ingrid Leary to the Minister for Mental Health

68046 (2024). Ingrid Leary to the Minister for Mental Health: Does the Minister agree with the call of Dr Jaimie Dikstaal, co-author of the recent University of Otago study to analyse coronial data on alcohol-related suicides with a focus on sex-specific characteristics and factors that contribute to alcohol being recorded as a cause of death, for population-level interventions to occur alongside targeted interventions designed by and for Māori and Pacific women, "to help address Aotearoa New Zealand's alarming rates of alcohol-related suicides"; if so, what, if anything will he do to address this?

Hon Matt Doocey: I am advised the findings of this research will be considered as part of the development of the next Suicide Prevention Action Plan, which is currently out for public consultation.