Suicide prevention training is being developed for Perth and Kinross primary schools.

The news was revealed to councillors at a meeting this week.

Earlier this month the Local Democracy Reporting Service revealed over 600 pupils – aged over 10 – had received one-to-one counselling since November 2020.

The statistic was included in PKC’s Education and Children’s Services Joint Service Business Management and Improvement Plan (BMIP) 2022/23.

At Wednesday’s meeting Perth City South councillor Liz Barrett said: “I welcome the development of training on suicide prevention and safety planning, and the multi-agency work on self-harm guidance and good practice needs across schools.”

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