Whether any waiting lists for consultations on psychological services have been closed; if so, which waiting lists have been closed; when a…

An audit of NHS trusts, conducted in December last year, revealed restrictions to a very small number of out-patient waiting lists. The following list gives names of NHS trusts which identified waiting lists for psychological services which had been closed:Lothian Primary Care NHS Trust; Lanarkshire Primary Care NHS Trust; Lomond and Argyll Primary Care NHS Trust, and Renfrewshire and Inverclyde Primary Care NHS Trust. Following the audit, the Chief Executive of NHSScotland and the Chief Medical Officer issued guidance to the Health Service in Scotland instructing NHS Chief Executives to ensure that no patient who has been referred for assessment, or treatment, is refused admission to an appropriate waiting list.