AQW 1234/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of instances of self-harm reported in each of the last five years, broken down by constituency.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 9 June 2022
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 9 June 2022
- Answer due by
- 24 June 2022
- Answered
- 21 June 202212 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Information provided by the Public Health Agency (PHA) on the number of presentations at emergency departments due to self-harm is not available at a constituency level, but has been provided for each Health and Social Care Trust in the table overleaf.
Number of self-harm presentations to emergency departments by Health & Social Care Trust (2015/16 - 2019/20)
| Belfast HSCT | South Eastern HSCT | Northern HSCT | Southern HSCT | Western HSCT | Northern Ireland | |
| 2015/16 | 2,682 | 1,185 | 1,813 | 1,667 | 1,763 | 9,110 |
| 2016/17 | 2,568 | 1,201 | 1,791 | 1,521 | 1,664 | 8,745 |
| 2017/18 | 2,683 | 1,262 | 1,767 | 1,614 | 1,800 | 9,126 |
| 2018/19 | 2,456 | 1,177 | 1,910 | 1,599 | 2,100 | 9,242 |
| 2019/20 | 2,288 | 1,330 | 1,926 | 1,519 | 1,882 | 8,945 |
Source: Deliberate Self-Harm Register, Public Health Agency