The Government will implement accompaniment permits for people at risk of suicide, a non-legal proposal of Más País that Congress approved on February 23, as confirmed to Efe by sources from the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration and from the party of Íñigo Errejón.
The Minister of Inclusion, José Luis Escrivá, and the spokesman for Más País in Congress, Íñigo Errejón, met yesterday afternoon to agree on the technical work to implement the future permit to accompany people at risk of suicide.
The Government will analyze this new type of work permit with employers and unions so that people “in specific situations of imminent risk of suicide” can be “accompanied and cared for.”
The permit, according to the parliamentary proposal, would last a maximum of 15 days and would not imply a decrease in the salary for the companion.
Suicide remained in 2022 as the leading external cause of death, with 4,003 deaths.
According to sources from Más País, the evidence shows that close accompaniment by people around them is one of the most important tools to help people at risk of suicide.
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