SNP has no idea how to fix NHS crisis it created

RIGHT now mental health services in Scotland are being pushed to breaking point, with nearly 24,000 adults on NHS waiting lists for psychological therapy.

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Of these, more than 2000 have been waiting more than a year for help - that's more than one in 12.

In parts of Scotland the picture is even more desperate, with a third of patients waiting for more than a year for mental health support in some health boards.

We have had plenty of rhetoric and countless promises from the SNP on mental health support, but things are getting worse instead of better.

The number of people enduring these long waits is now at its highest point since 2022, having soared by nearly 40 per cent over the past year.

Compared with the same point in 2014, the number of adults waiting over a year for mental health treatment is a staggering 35 times higher.