Overdosing on drugs as a means of adolescent self-harm is a strong predictor of suicide, and understanding the probable triggers can help with prevention strategies.

A life-saving rapid response medical service hopes to almost double its number of on-call volunteer GPs and save more lives after getting a massive injection of state funding.

ALMOST 500 patients were still on hospital trolleys yesterday as it emerged that 1,672 beds are currently closed in the hospital system.