Self-harm: Children
(asked on 11th July 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people under the age of 18 have presented at A&E in need of treatment for self-harm in each of the last five years.
This question was answered on 19th July 2018
The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the following table.
Count of accident and emergency (A&E) attendances1 with an A&E patient group of self-harm, for patients aged between 0 and 17, 2012-13 to 2016-17.
Financial year | Attendances |
2012-13 | 13,859 |
2013-14 | 17,486 |
2014-15 | 17,019 |
2015-16 | 17,972 |
2016-17 | 16,851 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital
Note:
- Attendances do not represent the number of patients, as a person may attend a National Health Service hospital on more than one occasion within the period.