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Written question asked by Baroness Fall (Conservative) on Tuesday, 26 January 2021, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 9 February 2021. It was answered by Lord Bethell (Conservative) on Wednesday, 3 February 2021 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Mental Health: Boys

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bethell on 22 January (HL12047), whether they collect data on the level of self-harm amongst young and adolescent boys outside of mental health hospitals; if so, what was the such level since 23 March 2020; and if not, why not.

Answer

NHS Digital separately collects data though hospital episode statistics on the number of accident and emergency (A&E) attendances due to intentional self-harm and the number of finished admission episodes with a secondary diagnosis of intentional self-harm for male patients under the age of 18 years old.

Between 23 March 2020 and 30 November 2020 there were 4,011 A&E attendances due to intentional self-harm for male patients under the age of 18 years old and 2,022 finished admission episodes with a secondary diagnosis of intentional self-harm for male patients under the age of 18 years old. This information only represents activity serious enough to require hospital treatment.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL12586
Session
2019-21
Related items
Mental Health: Boys
Friday, 22 January 2021
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects
Mental health Young people Self-harm Boys
Link
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