- The NHS in Scotland failed to meet a maximum 18-week waiting time target for children and young people to receive treatment from mental health services
- More than 3 in 10 are waiting more than 18-weeks for treatment.
- 12 out of 14 health boards failed to meet the 18-week waiting time target:
- NHS Fife, NHS Grampian, NHS Highland, NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Lothian, NHS Tayside, NHS Borders, NHS Ayrshire and Arran, NHS Orkney, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley, NHS Shetland and NHS Forth Valley
- 151 children and young people waited more than a year prior to being seen for treatment, three times that for the same quarter of last year.
- More than one in five referrals for treatment are rejected.
- Figures show only 0.53 per cent of NHS expenditure is spent on CAMHS, less than 7 per cent of the mental health budget.
- Coalition calls for fundamental rethink and renewed focus on prevention and early intervention, including embedding mental health within education.
