Bromley Council's Health and Wellbeing Board is set to discuss a comprehensive Suicide Prevention Plan for 2025-2030 at its meeting on Thursday, 26 June 2025. The plan aims to reduce suicide rates, improve support for individuals who have self-harmed, and provide better assistance to those bereaved by suicide.
The Bromley Suicide Prevention Plan 2025-30 outlines three key ambitions: reducing the suicide rate in Bromley, improving support for people who have self-harmed, and improving support for people bereaved by suicide. The plan also identifies key priorities, actions, and partnerships to guide work across the borough over the next five years.
To achieve these ambitions, the plan focuses on several key areas, including improving data and evidence collection, providing tailored support to high-risk groups (such as young people, men, and those in contact with mental health services), addressing common risk factors like financial difficulty and social isolation, reducing access to means of suicide, and providing effective bereavement support.
The Health and Wellbeing Board will also discuss the Bromley Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2025-30, the Learning Disabilities Strategy 2025 – 2030, the South East London Sexual Health Strategy, and the implementation of neighbourhood working in Bromley. The meeting, which can be followed here, will also cover the Better Care Fund Performance update for Quarter 4 of 2024-25, and the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment Consultation.
The Health and Wellbeing Board will also discuss implementing neighbourhood working in Bromley. The report pack states that the 2025/2026 national planning guidance highlights the importance of neighbourhood-based service models and requires Integrated Care Boards and providers to focus on reducing demand through developing neighbourhood models, making full use of digital solutions and tools, and addressing inequalities and shift towards prevention.