100 child mental health referrals a day
Daily Record|November 26, 2024
A "STAGGERING" 100 referrals to Scotland's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) are being made on average every day, a charity has found.
NEIL POORAN
100 child mental health referrals a day

Freedom of information data obtained by Children First showed there were 36,659 referrals in 2023-24, with an acceptance rate of 74 per cent. The acceptance rate is down from 78 per cent in 2019-20, though median wait times have come down from 12 to eight weeks over that period.

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