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Professor John Robertson OBA In the Daily Record yesterday: A row is brewing over delays to complete a multi-million pound mental health inpatient unit, designed to care for children aged 12 to 18 in Ayrshire. The £19m National Secure Adolescent Inpatient Service, known as Foxgrove, was initially due to be completed more than three and a half years ago. Now Scottish Conservative shadow public health minister- and List MSP for South Scotland- Brian Whittle– has gone on the offensive and attacked the SNP-led Scottish Government for its handling of the scheme. He said: “This shocking delay is having a devastating impact on children with complex mental health needs here in Ayrshire and right across Scotland. ‘Devastating impact’, eh? That kind of claim calls for some objective evidence such as how well the health board is doing in treating children and young people with mental health problems. Here are the monthly data for NHS Ayrshire & Arran in 2025: Source: https://www.opendata.nhs.scot/dataset Even in January, when travel can be difficult, 96.43% were treated within 0 to 18 weeks, the target time. It was 97-98% in the Spring and in the last two months, 99%! How does this compare with NHS Scotland’s average. It was better than the latest figure of 91.8%
