3,100 children on psychiatric waiting lists

MORE than 3,100 children and teenagers are waiting up to a year to be assessed for psychiatric treatment across the country, latest figures from the health services show.

The waiting lists are worst in the East and the Midlands where 1,477 are awaiting appointments with psychiatric teams.

About 600 children are awaiting access to services in the South and about the same number are on waiting lists in the West.