Request

“For the period of January 2010 to September 2026:

Please inform us of the number of patients that waited 12 hours and 24 hours or more each month from their time of arrival in a Type 1 Emergency Department in Scotland with mental health as a primary diagnosis from HES and ECDS coding.

Please can we also have the total number of patients each month that attended a Type 1 Emergency Department in Scotland with mental health as a primary diagnosis from HES and ECDS coding.”

Last updated: 11 November 2026