We recommend that the Government: a) confirm the timeline and consultation process for revising the new National Suicide Prevention Strategy b) confirm and ringfence additional funding beyond 2023/24 for local suicide prevention to allow local authorities to contribute effectively to delivery of the national strategy, and c) commission the ONS to work with DEFRA and DHSC to address gaps in the suicide data and investigate establishing a ‘real-time surveillance system’ to identify trends in suicide by occupation to inform prevention policy action on suicide prevention in relation to agricultural and veterinary workers. During the development of the new suicide prevention strategy, DEFRA must do better to push rural and agricultural mental health priorities to the fore, seizing a substantial role and commensurate resources to deliver progress. The Department should also establish a National Working Group on agricultural and veterinary occupations to identify immediate priorities and actions to promote more effective suicide prevention for these groups, and to develop a more joined-up public health approach to suicide prevention across the NHS, public sector and local communities. (Paragraph 83) Rural mental health service provision, policy and strategy development