Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 21029-26
Deputy O'Flynn asked about the national minimum training standard for GPs in the assessment and management of suicidal ideation and self-harm.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: March 2026
Updated: April 2026
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Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 21029-26
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has established any national minimum training standard or competency requirement for general practitioners in the assessment and management of suicidal ideation and self-harm presentations, particularly in children and adolescents; and if not, whether the introduction of such a standard has been considered as part of national suicide prevention policy.
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