Health Ministry approves suicide prevention plan with 33 actions through 2030

The Department of Health of the Generalitat Valenciana has approved the Strategic Suicide Prevention Plan in the Valencian Community 2026-2030, a planning instrument with six strategic axes and 33 actions that will be applied within the Valencian Health System. The decision is formalized through the Resolution of October 24, 2026, signed by the regional minister Marciano Gómez Gómez, and is published in the Official Gazette of the Generalitat Valenciana (DOGV) No. 10491, of November 11, 2026, in section III of administrative acts (reference DOGV-C-2026-34026).

Regulatory framework and background

The plan is based on Decree 22/2025, of February 11, of the Consell, which establishes the Directorate General for Mental Health and Addictions as the competent governing body for mental health and addictions, and on Order 3/2025, of April 4, which created the Mental Health Service and the Addictions Service. Its development responds to action 1.5 of the Valencian Mental Health and Addictions Plan 2024-2027, approved by Agreement of July 23, 2024, of the Consell, and to article 4 sexies, letters b), e) and l), of Law 10/2014, of December 29, on Health of the Valencian Community.

The resolution justifies the initiative based on the impact of suicide as a priority public health problem. It recognizes that the recent evolution of mortality and some care indicators shows “favorable signs,” but considers them insufficient to declare a structural change as consolidated, with relevant differences by gender, age, and territory. The text was developed through a technical, participatory, and institutional process involving professionals, people with lived experience, and family members.

Six axes and operational tools

The 33 actions are distributed across six strategic axes:

• Information, surveillance, and evaluation.
• Universal prevention and protective environments.
• Selective prevention in situations of vulnerability.
• Indicated prevention, Suicide Risk Code, and continuity of care.
• Postvention and support for survivors.
• Governance, coordination, participation, and capacity building.

Among the operational instruments, the deployment of the Suicide Risk Code, the figure of the suicide risk manager, the “Acompaña” service, and the Technical Advisory Group for Suicide Prevention (GTA-01) stand out, the latter being advisory and non-binding, without decision-making or executive powers.

Validity, monitoring, and expenditure control

The plan will remain in effect until December 31, 2030, and its execution will be organized with an initial operational horizon of 24 months and annual programming. Monitoring will be carried out through a strategic dashboard: structure and process indicators will generally be reviewed every quarter during the deployment of priority actions, and outcome and impact indicators at least once a year. Before the end of its term, a global evaluation will be conducted to determine its continuity, update, or replacement, and relevant deviations will necessitate the establishment of corrective measures with assigned responsible parties and a review deadline.

The Directorate General for Mental Health and Addictions will assume strategic direction, promotion, technical coordination, implementation, and evaluation. The resolution specifies that approval does not in itself entail authorization or a commitment of expenditure: actions with an economic impact will be conditional upon the existence of adequate and sufficient credit. Technical-healthcare protocols and developments will be approved through instructions, resolutions, or other instruments of the competent body and may be updated without modifying the plan if they do not alter objectives, scope, or resource commitments. The full text will be available on the website of the Conselleria de Sanidad, and the resolution takes effect from the day following its approval.

Impact

The plan transforms the prevention of suicidal behavior into a structured and evaluable public policy within the Valencian health system, with quarterly and annual monitoring obligations and specific healthcare instruments for health professionals, families, and people at risk. This is the main mental health action published today in the DOGV and the roadmap that will organize regional resources on the matter until 2030.

Source: Diari Oficial de la Generalitat Valenciana, no. 10491, November 11, 2026, section III (Administrative Acts), page 1 (official reference: DOGV-C-2026-34026).