Professor John Robertson OBA
From National drug and alcohol treatment waiting times 1 April 2025 to 30 June 2025 published yesterday:
10,641 referrals were made to community-based specialist drug and alcohol treatment services: 5,123 (48.1%) were for problematic use of alcohol, 3,990 (37.5%) for problematic use of drugs, and 1,528 (14.4%) for co-dependency (problematic use of both alcohol and drugs).
7,041 referrals to community-based services started treatment. Of these, 6,637 (94.3%) involved a wait of three weeks or less.
Nationally, the Standard was met for referrals to community-based services across all substances: drugs (96.2%), co-dependency (94.5%) and alcohol (92.8%).
Nationally, the Standard was met for referrals to prison-based services (94.4%) across all substances: alcohol (100.0%), co-dependency (98.3%) and drugs (92.7%).
The 90% target has been met since records began in 2021/2022. https://www.opendata.nhs.scot/dataset/drug-and-alcohol-treatment-waiting-times
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