By Professor John Robertson OBA
From National drug and alcohol treatment waiting times 1 July 2024 to 30 September 2024, published today, you can see that the 90% target of referrals starting treatment for problematic use of drugs has been been met since June 2021 and has now surged to 95.6% of the 10 919 referrals in one quarter starting treatment for drug abuse within three weeks.
Of these, 54.2% (4 042) started within only one week.
BBC Scotland has not reported on this service since 2021, when they ignored the overall data and bemoaned:
Nearly 60% of services did not give addicts the option to start treatment the same day they turned up.
Sources:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-61908508
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Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
Good News … except STV or BBCScorchedland will discover a drug user who has been waiting so long that he/she has had to spend a small fortune seeking treatment elsewhere …and blames the current SNP Health Minister ( not their own addiction ) for their plight .
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