More than two-thirds of patients seen at chronic pain clinics in Forth Valley in the three months up to June had been waiting six months or more.
The startling figures have been revealed in a new Public Health Scotland report charting the state of services for patients looking for help with chronic pain.
The latest data - which covers the period from March to June this year - reveals that 107 people were seen in Forth Valley across that timeframe, with 39 of these having waited for between 25 and 27 weeks.
