Self-harm
(asked on 26th November 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many attendances at emergency departments for self-harm per 100,000 people there were in each year since that data has been collected; and how many people received a psychological assessment.
The table below shows the number of people who attended emergency departments for self-harm between 2007/08 and 2013/14. Data is not available for the number of people who received a psychosocial assessment after presenting at emergency departments for self-harm.
Rate of Accident and Emergency (A&E) attendances where patient group was recorded as 'self-harm' per 100,000 population, from 2007/08 to 2013/14
Year | Number of attendances | Rate per 100,000 population |
2007/08 | 94,488 | 184 |
2008/09 | 101,670 | 196 |
2009/10 | 108,312 | 208 |
2010/11 | 112,669 | 214 |
2011/12 | 118,935 | 224 |
2012/13 | 111,544 | 209 |
2013/14 | 117,719 | 219 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre