An important aspect of suicide prevention has been the establishment by the chief executive officers of the health boards of a national suicide review group, membership of which includes experts in mental health, public health and research. Its main responsibilities are to review ongoing trends in suicide and parasuicide, co-ordinate research into suicide and make appropriate recommendations to the health boards. A researcher has been appointed to the group to collate existing research materials, both national and international, examine the effectiveness of intervention programmes and liaise with local co-ordinators in each of the health boards.