英國任命首位防自殺事務大臣

British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed junior health minister Jackie Doyle-Price the country's first ever Minister for Suicide Prevention in an effort to cut the number of people taking their own lives.
英國首相特雷莎·梅近日任命衛生部次長傑基·多伊爾-普賴斯出任該國首位預防自殺大臣，以儘量減少自殺人數。

According to the British government, about 4,500 people take their own lives each year in England and suicide remains the leading cause of death for men under 45.
英國政府表示，英國每年約有4500人自殺，自殺仍是45歲以下男性死亡的首要原因

The prime minister also announced other plans to tackle suicide problems in Britain.
特雷莎·梅首相還宣佈了旨在解決該國自殺問題的其他計劃。

New government funding up to 1.8 million pounds will be raised to "help ensure the charity can continue to provide immediate and lifesaving support to everyone who needs it, 24 hours a day," the government said.
英國政府宣佈將額外撥款多達180萬英鎊，以幫助“確保慈善機構可以繼續全天候爲每一位需要的人提供可以挽救生命的即時支持”。

The government also has promised to train a million people in mental health awareness, publish a "State of the Nation" report every year starting in 2019, and provide tools to help schools measure their students' mental wellbeing.
此外，英國政府還承諾爲100萬人進行心理健康認識方面的培訓，從2019年起發佈年度“國情”報告，向學校提供有助於開展學生心理健康評估的工具。

"We can end the stigma that has forced too many to suffer in silence. We can prevent the tragedy of suicide taking too many lives. And we can give the mental wellbeing of our children the priority it so profoundly deserves," the prime minister later tweeted on her official Twitter account.
特雷莎·梅首相之後在她的官方推特賬號上發推稱：“我們可以結束這種讓太多人在沉默中受苦的羞恥。我們可以預防奪取太多生命的自殺悲劇。我們可以將孩子們的健康問題放在應有的優先位置。”