Fantastic but hidden news as drug-related hospital admissions plummet to lowest level since records began after treatment service meets 90% target for last 15 years and world-first opioid overdose reversal programme enters 8th year

From Rapid Action Drug Alerts and Response (RADAR) quarterly ​report July 2026 published today, the above revealing that Drug-related hospital admissions have dropped to around 75 in the last quarter. This is down from the previous lows of just over 100 and barely half of the March figures in 2024 and 2025.

What has caused this very objective measure of Scotland’s drug problems, more reliable as a measure of the problem than either set of drug deaths?

NHS Scotland has met the national drug and alcohol treatment waiting times standard for community services every year going back to 2011 when it was first set
Latest figures show Scotland’s world-first opioid overdose reversal programme kits being issued in ever greater numbers to fight the effects of the plague of English drug gangs and to reduce the load in hospitals

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One thought on “Fantastic but hidden news as drug-related hospital admissions plummet to lowest level since records began after treatment service meets 90% target for last 15 years and world-first opioid overdose reversal programme enters 8th year”

  1. Scottish Gov funding proper rehab facilities £250Million over five years. Rehab admissions. Less prison sentences. More recovery. Less addiction . Less crime. Most crime linked to addiction.

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