Government of Jersey

Records regarding suicide attempts (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by Government of Jersey and published on 31 January 2022.
Prepared internally, no external costs.

Request

How many people have been admitted to the hospital because of a suicide attempt or suspected suicide attempt over the past fve years broken down monthly

Response

The table below shows attendances at the Emergency Department or Urgent Treatment Centre with a category recorded as 'Attempted Suicide'.

Year, Quarter	Count of Attendances	Year, Quarter	Count of Attendances
2016	27	2019	35
Qtr1	5	Qtr1	5
Qtr2	9	Qtr2	7
Qtr3	6	Qtr3	10
Qtr4	7	Qtr4	13
2017	34	2020	41
Qtr1	8	Qtr1	5
Qtr2	8	Qtr2	10
Qtr3	3	Qtr3	17
Qtr4	15	Qtr4	9
2018	39	2021	47
Qtr1	8	Qtr1	7
Qtr2	9	Qtr2	10
Qtr3	15	Qtr3	17
Qtr4	7	Qtr4	13

Data Source: Hospital Patient Administration System (TrakCare, Report ED5A)

A monthly breakdown of the figures is impossible due to the low numbers of patients that this would represent. Releasing small numbers would impact on the privacy of our patients. Therefore, Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied and the numbers are given by quarter.

Article Applied

Article 25 - Personal information

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018.

(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 2018; and (b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.