Repeat presentations account for almost 20% of self-harm hospital attendances

Almost one-fifth of people attending at hospitals due to self-harm in the first six months of last year were repeat presentations, while half were aged 30 or under.

The National Self-Harm Registry Ireland (NSHRI) interim report for the period January to June 2019 recorded 6,252 presentations to hospital as a result of self-harm - 2% higher than the number recorded for the same period of 2018.