The Scottish Government has come under fire for “horrifically long” waiting times for mental health treatment for adults – with data showing one patient in the Highlands waited more than seven years before starting to get help.

Figures released under freedom of information legislation show the patient, who started receiving treatment in 2024-25, had waited 2,736 days.

The figures show NHS Grampian had 36 patients who waited more than a year before they started getting treatment in 2024-25, with NHS Lanarkshire also showing the same figures.

In NHS Dumfries and Galloway, a patient waited 1,265 days – more than 180 weeks – before beginning their treatment last year, with another patient in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde waiting 1,229 days.

Meanwhile, in NHS Forth Valley having 35 su

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