Question the Default Podcast

Ann advises the Welsh Government, works with Public Health Wales, and has helped shape national standards and guidance that influence how suicide prevention is approached across health, media, policy and workplaces.

In this grounded and insightful conversation, Harry and Ann explore why suicide can’t be understood through single causes – and why prevention has to focus on systems, environments and opportunity, particularly for young people.

They discuss the online world, media reporting, gambling-related harm, and the growing role of AI in mental health – where evidence is emerging, but safeguards are still catching up.