Self-harm: West Midlands
(asked on 29th January 2019) - 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 departments requiring treatment for self-harm in CCG areas covering the (a) Greater Birmingham (b) the West Midlands metro area in each of the last five years.
The information is not available in the format requested.
NHS Digital Hospital Episode Statistics record the number of attendances to accident and emergency for deliberate self-harm for under 18s, by clinical commissioning group (CCGs) of usual residence in Greater Birmingham and the West Midlands, for the years 2013-14 to 2017-18. Data collected does not necessarily reflect where a patient was treated as they may have travelled to another area for treatment.
| 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 |
Total in Greater Birmingham | 145 | 130 | 155 | 140 | 75 |
Total in West Midlands (excluding Greater Birmingham) | 975 | 935 | 1,000 | 1,060 | 860 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (NHS Digital)