Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:36 pm on 28 November 2017.
First Minister, despite the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010, nearly a quarter of patients in Wales wait longer than 28 days for a local primary mental health support services assessment, and 20 per cent of those patients will wait more than 28 days for treatment following the assessment. In recent months, we have had warnings about insufficient consultant psychiatrists and problems recruiting sufficient psychologists. First Minister, what is your Government doing to improve recruitment of trained mental health clinical staff and put an end to lengthy delays in mental health treatment in Wales?