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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Gregory Health editor

Sajid Javid tells of heartache over brother’s suicide

The health secretary, Sajid Javid, says there is a role for everyone in preventing suicide.
The health secretary, Sajid Javid, says there is a role for everyone in preventing suicide. Photograph: Chris Jackson/AP

Sajid Javid has urged men to speak out about their mental health as he spoke publicly for the first time about the loss of his brother, who took his own life.

The health secretary said he still wonders if he could have acted to prevent his brother’s death, and spoke of his “deeply personal” mission to prevent suicides. Javid’s brother, Tariq, 51, took his own life in a hotel near Horsham, West Sussex, in July 2018.

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