Suicide prevention will not be a box-ticking exercise under plans to hold state debt collectors and government agencies accountable for reducing deaths.

Strategies would focus on ways they could make a difference for people experiencing suicidal ideation, NSW Mental Health Minister Rose Jackson told reporters on Thursday.

"Not on motherhood statements, not on ticking boxes, but on practical examples of things that the government can do to intervene at that key moment when someone's surrounded by darkness and feeling as though there's no way out," Ms Jackson said.

The plan will consider training for railway workers to identify and approach people in distress on platforms, site management in national parks, and revenue agency interactions with people under financial strain.

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