Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people died by suicide within two months of attending A&E for a mental health problem in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019.
The following table shows the number of people who died by intentional self-poisoning or intentional self-harm within 60 days of attending accident and emergency (A&E) and, through the Accident and Emergency Clinical Coding Structure1, received diagnosis of a ‘psychiatric condition’.
Financial year | Number of people who died by suicide within 60 days of attending A&E and being diagnosed with a psychiatric condition |
2017/18 | 139 |
2018/19 | 79 |
Source: NHS Digital
Note:
1Accident and Emergency Clinical Coding Structure: https://www.datadictionary.nhs.uk/version2/web_site_content/pages/codes/administrative_codes/a_amp_e_diagnosis_tables.asp?shownav=1