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February 2019

Hospital admissions of children who have self-harmed have more than doubled in six years, according to NHS figures. In 2011 a total of 1,725 youngsters aged between nine and 17 were taken to hospital with self-harm injuries. The figure in 2018 was 3,988 and girls were five times as likely to be admitted as boys.

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