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Prince Albert Daily Herald
Expert calls blaming slowdown in suicide prevention on the pandemic “a nice excuse,” criticizes spending priorities in budget
Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Health said implementation of its suicide prevention plan is underway, but has been “impacted and slowed by the need for comprehensive COVID-19 health system response.”
The ministry responded after this year’s budget tabled on Tuesday made no mention of northern or Indigenous youth suicide in funding Pillars for Life: The Saskatchewan Suicide Prevention Plan.
The ministry promised to “further expand mental health first aid training across the province, and enhance research to support local suicide prevention with a specific focus on northern youth.”
By Josh Sigurdson
Apr 9, 2021 5:50 PM
The NDP says more money needs to be invested into harm reduction strategies if the province ever hopes to curb its opioid crisis.
NDP Mental Health and Addictions Critic Doyle Vermette it’s disappointing to see the government ignore the cries of many.
“The alarm bells are going off, and you have a government who seems like, for some reason, they’re not responding and they’re not answering to it,” said Vermette. “It’s very disappointing this government could not find $1.3 million in such a large budget. It just doesn’t make any sense, and it’s shocking. Families are not happy about it.”
Prince Albert Daily Herald
Sask. suicide prevention plan “impacted and slowed” amid pandemic response
Expert calls blaming slowdown in suicide prevention on the pandemic “a nice excuse” from a province not willing to do the work
Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Health said implementation of its suicide prevention plan
is
underway, but has been “impacted and slowed by the need for comprehensive COVID-19 health system response.”
The ministry responded after this year’s budget tabled on Tuesday made no mention of northern or Indigenous youth suicide in funding
Pillars for Life: The Saskatchewan Suicide Prevention Plan.
The ministry promised to “further expand mental health first aid training across the province, and enhance research to support local suicide prevention with a specific focus on northern youth.”
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