FoI Number
2023-350
Subject
Mental Health in A&E
Date Received
12/09/2023
Request and Response
  1. How many mental health-related presentations were made at Accident and Emergency departments within your health board in financial year 2022-23?

See table below

  1. Please also provide this data for the four financial years prior.

Mental Health-Related A&E Presentations are defined as A&E presentations where the Incident Type is "Intentional Self Harm" or "Psychiatric Condition" or where the Presenting Complaint or Diagnosis includes any of the following words: “Anxiety”, “Suicide”, “Suicidal”, “Harm”, “Psychiatric”, “Mental”, “Overdose”.

Financial Year

A&E Presentations 

2018-2019

276

2019-2020

312

2020-2021

309

2021-2022

295

2022-2023

280

Grand Total

1472