‘Only 18% of self-harm patients admitted to hospital’

LESS than one-in-five patients who deliberately harm themselves are admitted to a general hospital, according to the Irish Association of Suicidology (IAS).

Also there is an urgent need for standardised care for these patients, according to a suicide expert.

IAS president, Fine Gael TD Dan Neville, said just 18% of self-harm patients treated in the Health Service Executive (HSE) Eastern Region are admitted to a general hospital ward.