Saving Young Lives: Preventing Suicide in Children and Young People will focus on the urgent national priority of reducing preventable deaths by suicide and improving mental health support for children, young people and families. The conference comes at a critical time. In May 2026, the Department of Health and Social Care launched a call for evidence to inform a new cross-government Mental Health Strategy for England, setting a clear direction towards prevention, earlier intervention, faster access and whole-system support.
DHSC has highlighted the need to shift mental health care from crisis response to earlier, more proportionate help, with particular focus on children and young people, school and college-based support, community services, neurodivergent children and young people, and groups experiencing inequalities in access and outcomes.
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