Hundreds of Lanarkshire teenagers left waiting months for mental health services
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dailyrecord.co.ukLanarkshire for September, 56 patients have been waiting for over a year and 454 patients have been waiting for over 18 weeks, which is the SNP’s Government’s target time.
Since March there has been more than a 800 per cent rise in the number waiting over a year from just six.Nationally, almost 1,000 children and young people have been waiting for over a year to begin their treatment.Mr Simpson said: “These are truly unacceptable figures and show the urgent need to properly tackle this mental health crisis Scotland’s youngsters are in the grip of.“Even before the pandemic, the SNP were routinely missing waiting time targets by significant margins and that is only getting worse.“SNP Ministers must urgently give our health boards the.
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