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Implementation of IMH's Suicide Warning Framework in School and Polyclinic SOPs and Data on Gatekeeper Training Programme

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17 Dr Wan Rizal asked the Coordinating Minister for Social Policies and Minister for Health (a) whether standard operating procedures in schools and polyclinics incorporate the Institute of Mental Health's (IMH) acute suicide warning sign framework; and (b) whether the Ministry can publish data on (i) the coverage of gatekeeper training and (ii) the median and 90th-percentile time from school alert to first clinical contact, after-hours escalations, and evaluation results.

Mr Ong Ye Kung: The question has been addressed in the oral reply to Parliamentary Question No 14 in the 14 October 2025 Sitting. [Please refer to "Analysing Mental Health Issues Faced by Students", Official Report, 14 October 2025, Vol 96, Issue 7, Oral Answers to Questions section.]