Written Question · S5W-32239 · Session 5
How many (a) self-referrals and (b) and referrals by each NHS board for residential rehabilitation services there have been in each of the …
The question
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) self-referrals and (b) and referrals by each NHS board for residential rehabilitation services there have been in each of the last five years.
The answer
Complete information on (a) self-referrals and (b) and referrals by each NHS board for residential rehabilitation services is not held centrally.
Information on referrals by Health Boards is not collected centrally. However, data collected for Public Health Scotland’s quarterly, published Drug and Alcohol Treatment Waiting Times reports includes the number of alcohol and drugs residential rehabilitation treatments provided by Health Board area
- broken down by “Self-referral” and “Other referral” numbers. This data is sourced from regular reports provided by Alcohol and Drug Partnerships. Information on the number of residential rehabilitation treatments provided by each Health Board area for the last 5 financial years is set out in the following table.
Table 1 – Residential Rehabilitation referrals, for drug and alcohol clients, or clients with a combination of the two, by Health Board of Treatment and Referral Type.
Health Board
Referral Type
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
Ayrshire & Arran
Self
6
*
-
*
*
Other
25
*
*
10
*
Borders
Self
-
-
-
-
-
Other
8
-
11
*
-
Dumfries & Galloway
Self
-
-
-
-
-
Other
-
-
*
-
-
Fife
Self
-
-
-
-
-
Other
6
11
*
11
11
Forth Valley NHS
Self
-
-
-
-
-
Other
-
-
-
-
-
Grampian
Self
83
*
93
48
20
Other
53
-
43
*
*
Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Self
*
173
*
9
111
Other
111
84
91
94
103
Highland
Self
*
*
-
-
*
Other
92
106
104
85
88
Lanarkshire
Self
*
*
*
*
-
Other
-
-
-
-
-
Lothian
Self
*
-
*
-
-
Other
*
-
-
-
-
Orkney
Self
-
-
-
-
-
Other
-
-
-
-
-
Shetland
Self
-
-
-
-
-
Other
-
-
-
-
-
Tayside
Self
*
-
-
-
*
Other
-
-
*
*
-
Western Isles
Self
*
*
*
*
-
Other
7
12
8
11
10
Source: ISD Scotland ? Ref: IR2020-00887
* Indicates values that have been suppressed due to the potential risk of disclosure and to help maintain patient confidentiality.
‘-‘ denotes zero.
Notes: 1. Up to 5 different treatments are recorded for each client as part of a referral, and the figures in Table 1 include any treatment which has been recorded as residential rehabilitation, not just the first treatment. Consequently the client may have received a different treatment type before being referred for residential rehabilitation. 2. Subsequent treatment types after the first treatment are not well recorded by all services, so this data may not be complete.
Referral type ‘Other’ is any source of referral not recorded as a self referral. Treatments can be for drug or alcohol clients, or clients with a combination of the two.
It should be noted, however, that it isn’t possible to say that the number of treatments started equals the number of individuals undertaking them as the same individual may drop-out and re-start a treatment.
Information on referrals by Health Boards is not collected centrally. However, data collected for Public Health Scotland’s quarterly, published Drug and Alcohol Treatment Waiting Times reports includes the number of alcohol and drugs residential rehabilitation treatments provided by Health Board area
- broken down by “Self-referral” and “Other referral” numbers. This data is sourced from regular reports provided by Alcohol and Drug Partnerships. Information on the number of residential rehabilitation treatments provided by each Health Board area for the last 5 financial years is set out in the following table.
Table 1 – Residential Rehabilitation referrals, for drug and alcohol clients, or clients with a combination of the two, by Health Board of Treatment and Referral Type.
Health Board
Referral Type
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
Ayrshire & Arran
Self
6
*
-
*
*
Other
25
*
*
10
*
Borders
Self
-
-
-
-
-
Other
8
-
11
*
-
Dumfries & Galloway
Self
-
-
-
-
-
Other
-
-
*
-
-
Fife
Self
-
-
-
-
-
Other
6
11
*
11
11
Forth Valley NHS
Self
-
-
-
-
-
Other
-
-
-
-
-
Grampian
Self
83
*
93
48
20
Other
53
-
43
*
*
Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Self
*
173
*
9
111
Other
111
84
91
94
103
Highland
Self
*
*
-
-
*
Other
92
106
104
85
88
Lanarkshire
Self
*
*
*
*
-
Other
-
-
-
-
-
Lothian
Self
*
-
*
-
-
Other
*
-
-
-
-
Orkney
Self
-
-
-
-
-
Other
-
-
-
-
-
Shetland
Self
-
-
-
-
-
Other
-
-
-
-
-
Tayside
Self
*
-
-
-
*
Other
-
-
*
*
-
Western Isles
Self
*
*
*
*
-
Other
7
12
8
11
10
Source: ISD Scotland ? Ref: IR2020-00887
* Indicates values that have been suppressed due to the potential risk of disclosure and to help maintain patient confidentiality.
‘-‘ denotes zero.
Notes: 1. Up to 5 different treatments are recorded for each client as part of a referral, and the figures in Table 1 include any treatment which has been recorded as residential rehabilitation, not just the first treatment. Consequently the client may have received a different treatment type before being referred for residential rehabilitation. 2. Subsequent treatment types after the first treatment are not well recorded by all services, so this data may not be complete.
Referral type ‘Other’ is any source of referral not recorded as a self referral. Treatments can be for drug or alcohol clients, or clients with a combination of the two.
It should be noted, however, that it isn’t possible to say that the number of treatments started equals the number of individuals undertaking them as the same individual may drop-out and re-start a treatment.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S5W-32239 by reference.