Barnardo's agreed hospitals should dedicate space for the youngsters.
But accident and emergency departments were not always "conducive to talking privately to children and young people", said Pam Hibbert, its principal policy officer.
A spokesman for the Royal College of Nursing said it was impossible to set aside such areas only for child and young self-harmers.
- www.nice.org.uk
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