Self-harm: Children
(asked on 31st January 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children in England (1) attended, and (2) were admitted through, Accident and Emergency departments for self-harming in each year from 2018 to 2021; and what percentage of those were looked after children.
This information is not held in the format requested. However, the following table shows the number of unplanned attendances and admissions for self-harming of children and young people through accident and emergency (A&E) departments in England in each year from 2018 to 2021. Data on looked after children is not available as this information is not recorded in hospital data.
Financial year | All unplanned A&E attendances for patients aged 0-18 years old coded as ‘deliberate self harm’ | Hospital admissions through emergency departments for patients aged 0-18 years old with a cause code of 'self-poisoning' or 'self-harm' |
2017-18 | 21,744 | 22,308 |
2018-19 | 25,138 | 23,327 |
2019-20 | 25,432 | 23,617 |
2020-21 | 18,425 | 23,501 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital