[DanBC]

Waiting times are public information in England. You can verify what they are for most things.

Currently wait times are too long. This is because i) Social care has been chronically underfunded for many years ii) The NHS has been chronically underfunded for many years.

Here's the wait times for IAPT (short form talking therapy for mild to moderate mental health problems -- usually CBT).

http://www.content.digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB22842/IAPT-mo...

> 87.8% waited less than 6 weeks and

> 98.3% waited less than 18 weeks to enter treatment

That's too long, and considerable pressure is being put on trusts to reduce those times.

There's a wealth of data just about IAPT here: http://content.digital.nhs.uk/iaptreports