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Overview

On 20 February 2025, the National Suicide Prevention Office (NSPO) and Australian Government released the National Suicide Prevention Strategy 2025-2035 (the Strategy). The Strategy was developed by the NSPO through extensive consultation and in partnership with people who have a lived and living experience of suicide. The Strategy provides a model with actions to follow for governments, service providers and communities to achieve an effective suicide prevention system.  

For more information on the National Suicide Prevention Strategy and its development, please visit the National Suicide Prevention Office’s Strategy webpage. 

About the Outcomes Framework

The NSPO is now developing a National Suicide Prevention Outcomes Framework (Outcomes Framework) to enable meaningful monitoring and reporting of progress in suicide prevention as outlined in the Strategy. It recognises that while tracking trends in population-wide suicide rates and monitoring the implementation of suicide prevention activities is important, these aspects alone do not provide insight into how known contributing factors are influencing those rates, or whether progress is being made in reducing their impact. Additionally, simply monitoring the implementation of suicide prevention activities does not indicate whether these activities are effective and are influencing rates of suicidal distress, deaths and attempts. The Outcomes Framework translates the Strategy’s model into person centred outcomes, describing the impact we are trying to achieve, and how to measure whether we are reducing suicidal distress and lives lost to suicide. For the first time in suicide prevention, the Outcomes Framework will involve a mixed method approach to data and reporting, including both Quantitative and Qualitative data. The mixed method approach will ensure we can better understand the experiences of those with a lived and living experience of suicide. By focusing on what matters to people whose lives have been impacted by suicide, the Outcomes Framework will provide the insights and evidence required to know what works and what needs to be improved.  

The Outcomes Framework is made up of four components that work together to enable effective monitoring and reporting. Each component has a specific function, these include an Overview, an Outcomes Map, Data Quality and Improvement Plan (DQ&IP) and a Monitoring and Reporting Plan (M&R plan). 

Outcomes Framework Overview document	Outcomes Map	Data Quality and Improvement Plan	Monitoring and Reporting Plan
Provides an overarching description of the Outcomes Framework, including the purpose and orientation to its components.	Provides an outline of outcomes, indicators, as well as the logic that connects them.	Identifies what is being measured, what requires improvements and any gaps that need addressing.	Process of integrating, interpreting and translating data to inform reporting to influence action.
Please visit NSPO's webpage to download a copy of the Overview document.	Content coming soon.	Content coming soon.	Content coming soon.

The Overview document was published by the NSPO on the 26th of November 2025. This document provides a description of the Outcomes Framework, what its components are, and how they operate together. The Overview is the first component of the Outcomes Framework to be published. It provides a foundational understanding of the remaining components of the framework that are scheduled for later release. Accompanying the Overview, the outcomes and indicators that will make up the beginnings of the Outcomes Map have been published to provide visibility of the progress made on their development. To download a copy of the Outcomes Framework Overview and view the outcomes and indicators, please visit the NSPO’s Outcomes Framework webpage.

For more information on the National Suicide Prevention Outcomes Framework and its development, please visit the National Suicide Prevention Office’s Outcomes Framework webpage.