What the average waiting times are for drug and alcohol (a) inpatient and (b) residential rehabilitation services, broken down by NHS board.

Information specifically on theaverage waiting time of clients for particular treatment interventions, by healthboard is not held centrally.
A national waiting times informationframework was implemented in April 2004, to enable Alcohol and Drug Action Teams(ADATs) and local services to monitor waiting times for drug treatment and carein their local areas. Information on waiting times for alcohol rehabilitation programmesis not held centrally.
Document longest waiting timesfor drug treatment services January to March 2007 by Alcohol and Drug Action Teamhas been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 43148).
Table 1 presents information,by ADAT, on the longest wait for drug treatment and number of clients who have waitedthis length of time for any intervention, for (a) clients who have been offeredan appointment date for any intervention and (b) clients who are still waiting foran appointment date for any intervention, for the period January to March 2007.
Table 2 presents information,by ADAT, on the longest wait and number of clients who have waited this length oftime for residential detoxification and rehabilitation for (a) clients who havebeen offered an appointment date for residential detoxification and rehabilitationand (b) clients who are still waiting for an appointment date for residential detoxificationand rehabilitation, for the period January to march 2007.