SCOTTISH Labour called for urgent action from Holyrood yesterday after uncovering a “postcode lottery” of mental health services available to school children.

Fourteen of Scotland’s 32 councils do not employ a mental health worker in schools and a further 12 do not hold information about the role, Labour found through freedom of information requests.

The findings come despite SNP Mental Health Minister Maureen Watt claiming in January that a mental health link worker was available in every school.