Suicide committee chair frustrated by Tynwald delay

Cretney wants to 'see this through' before he leaves LegCo

The man who's been looking to improve suicide prevention methods within the Island's health service and relevant government departments says he's frustrated by a delay to proceedings.

Tynwald yesterday approved the first nine of the social affairs policy review committee's 13 recommendations for change - with some amendments - but stalled on the tenth.

The House of Keys and Legislative Council were in disagreement over it, so will come back for a combined vote on it next month.

David Cretney MLC is the outgoing chair of the committee and has spearheaded the work on this issue, which is a long-standing one for him:

You can hear Ed Oldham's full interview with Mr Cretney below: