Authors Ffion Davies, Timothy Coats, Ross Fisher, Thomas Lawrence, Fiona Lecky
Published by Emergency Medicine Journal, November 2015
SUMMARY
A group of researchers from the University of Leicester, the University of Sheffield and hospitals in Leicester and Sheffield analysed returns submitted to the Trauma Audit Research Network (Tarn) between 2004 and 2013. Tarn is a database which collects information on patients treated for injuries that warrant hospital treatment for at least three days. Almost all - 96 per cent - of acute care hospitals in England and Wales contribute to Tarn.
The incidents reported by the hospitals were categorised as accidental injury, suspected child abuse or alleged assault such as injuries incurred while fighting. Between 2004 and 2013 the data showed just under 16,000 children up to the age of 16 were treated for severe injuries. Just over six per cent of cases had self-harmed or there was not enough data, so 14,845 cases formed the basis for the researchers' analysis.
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