Background: Target to cut Scottish suicide rate by 20% by 2022published at 16:55 British Summer Time 12 September 2018
The Scottish government has set a target of reducing the country's suicide rate by 20% by 2022.
Mental Health Minister Clare Haughey announced the target alongside a new suicide prevention action plan.
Suicide prevention charity Samaritans had claimed the Scottish government was not taking the issue seriously enough.
Ms Haughey insisted Scotland has "made real progress in reducing deaths by suicide", but said there was "far more to do" to tackle the issue.
The government is setting up a national suicide prevention leadership group, headed by former Police Scotland deputy chief Rose Fitzpatrick, to be backed by a £3m innovation fund.
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