Failed suicide attempts (FOI)

​Request

How many under 18 year olds present to Accident and Emergency for failed suicide attempts?

Please break down per year and include the last 5 years.

Response

The number of patients under the age of 18 years old who attended the Emergency Department with a diagnosis category of attempted suicide were as follows:

Where numbers are less than five, the exact figure is not provided as this could lead to the identification of individuals.

Exemptions and/or refusals applied to this request:

Article 25 Personal Information 

(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if:

(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005; and 

(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.