Mentally ill 'spend months on hidden waiting list' Patients with mental health problems are being left in limbo on "hidden" waiting lists by England's NHS talking therapy service, the BBC can reveal.
The service - called Improving Access to Psychological Therapies - provides therapy, such as counselling, to adults with conditions like depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety.
It starts seeing nine in 10 patients within the target time of six weeks.
But that masks the fact many then face long waits for regular treatment.
Half of patients waited over 28 days, and one in six longer than 90 days, between their first and second sessions in the past year. BBC News
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