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Mental health services in Scotland are at breaking point because of staff shortages.
NHS is forced to pay hourly rates significantly higher than salaries of NHS consultants.
One company charged NHS Lothian nearly 350,000 for 416 hours of cover in 2019 , at an average hourly cost of 837 .
Annual spending by Scotland ’s 14 health boards on locum psychiatrists reached nearly 35 m last year , up from 20 m five years ago .
NHS Tayside has spent more than 30 m since 2019 , and NHS Fife nearly 26m.
“Ensuring the provision of high quality and safe patient care is our priority, and it is also critical that we ensure best value on delivering mental health services, which allows us to maximise the impact of investment,” said Maree Todd , the mental wellbeing minister. “To support wider recruitment and retention issues facing psychiatry, we are exploring how we can attract new or existing psychiatrists to take up posts in Scotland .”.
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