NEW figures showing that Scotland’s mental health workers face a rising tide of assaults are “just the tip of the iceberg,” their union warned yesterday.

There were 8,519 incidents resulting in injury in the country’s mental health facilities in 2017-18 – equating to almost one an hour.

The highest number of incidents was recorded in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (3,232), followed by NHS Lothian (1,679) and NHS Grampian (1,335).