Professor John Robertson OBA From Public Health Scotland on 25 March 2025, for the quarter 1 October to 31 December 2024, latest release: 328 referrals to prison-based services started treatment. Of these, 302 (92.1%) involved a wait of three weeks or less (alcohol, 100.0%; co-dependency, 98.6%; drugs, 88.9%). In the Herald report today: Scottish ministers ‘lack leadership’ in prison alcohol rehab Only 42 referrals in June to September 2024, yet 328 in the next quarter? They, a charity called SHAAP, base this on what prisoners ‘say’ rather on actual records? Ministers lack leadership? What about the prison officers or their … Continue reading 100% of 328 prisoner referrals started alcohol-dependency treatment within three week target yet Herald cannot be ‘trusted’ to report that