By stewartb The Scottish Parliament Information Service (SPICe) has compiled time series data on the performance of NHS Scotland against the following target: ’90% of young people should begin treatment for specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health services within 18 weeks of referral.’ See https://spice-spotlight.scot/health-performance/ In graphs with data back to Quarter 1, 2025, SPICe shows that the poorest performance for Scotland overall was in Q2 2020 when just 61.7% of referrals began treatment within 18 weeks. Since then there has been steady improvement: in line with the main blog post, during Q4 2025 (the latest period charted by SPICe), the Scotland … Continue reading Here’s an NHS target achieved which they won’t tell you about – 90% of young people now begin mental health treatment on time in Scotland – 100% in Glasgow!

for pothole damage over the last five years, a BBC investigation has found. Between 2020 and 2025, local authorities received more than 18 6000 claims but only around a quarter were successful. Highland Council paid out the most at almost £600 000, followed by Dumfries and Galloway with just over half a million pounds. Cosla which represents Scotland’s councils says intense funding pressure is impacted road maintenance. The Scottish Government says it’s for councils to allocate funding. Regulars here, and their children of at least 10 years, will wonder why we’re not seeing the yearly figures. Are they falling or … Continue reading Pothole damage pay-outs in Scotland – researchers hide trend but Highland Council paid out far less last year than in the previous 5

mental health services. The scheme led by the University of Glasgow – is inspired by services in India and Uganda where members of the community are trained and supported by expert clinicians to provide assessments and treatments. It’s hoped the five-year project will highlight new and quicker ways to diagnose and treat mental health illnesses in young people. Public Health Scotland figures show that, as of December last year – more than 4 000 children and young people were on a waiting list to start treatment. This is another story fed to BBC Reporting Scotland but not featuring on the … Continue reading BBC Scotland mislead on the mental health waiting list for children and young people and suggest we might learn from services in Uganda and India where stigma and horrific violence is more common than any clinical care

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