AQW 1234/22-27


Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry


Tabled Date: 09/06/2022
Answered On Date: 21/06/2022
Priority Written: No


Question:
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.


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