Mental Health Services appointment. In total, the “scandal” amounts to 2,486,265 days beyond the 18-week Scottish Government target since April 2017.
Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesman Alex Cole-Hamilton, who obtained the figures under freedom of information rules, said: “ Children needing mental health help in Scotland have been left waiting 2.5 million more days than they should have.
That’s a scandal.” The figures show increased wait times over the years, with children and young people held up 274,954 days more than the target time in 2017-18.