Initial Assessments for Specialist Drug and Alcohol Treatment
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Additional Info
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Source | Data on waiting times, initial assessments and specialist treatments started for alcohol, drug and co-dependency use are collected in the Drug and Alcohol Information System (DAISy). |
| Author | PHS Drugs team |
| Last Updated | November 26, 2024, 11:27 (GMT) |
| Created | July 17, 2023, 08:25 (BST) |
| Date to make public | 2023-07-17 08:30 |
| Contact Address | Public Health Scotland, NHS National Services Scotland, Gyle Square, 1 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh EH12 9EB |
| Subject | Substance Use |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Time frame of data and timeliness | 4 months in arrears |
| Coverage | Drug and Alcohol Information System 2021/22 to 2023/24 (data are also broken down at NHS board and Alcohol and Drug Partnership levels). |
| Completeness | Details of completeness can be found in the latest report (see link 1 below). |
| Accuracy | Quality checks are conducted by PHS. Figures are compared to previously published data and expected trends. |
| Continuity of data | DAISy began national data collection on 1 April 2021. For data prior to this, please see the Scottish Drug Misuse Database (see link 2 and 3 below) |
| Concepts and definitions | Definitions can be found on the glossary section of the latest DAISy Overview of Initial Assessments publication (see link 1 below). |
| Disclosure | Statistical disclosure control has been applied. For more information, please refer to the PHS Statistical Disclosure Control Protocol (see link 4 below) |
| Revision statement | All data are revised annually to reflect any changes to analysis and to ensure the most complete information is presented. Data for the most recent financial year are provisional and may be subject to change in forthcoming releases. Minor revisions of this nature are often due to incomplete data returns at the time of previous publication. |
| Official statistics designation | Official Statistics |
| Relevance and key uses of the statistics | Relevant to understanding substance use in Scotland. Statistics will be used for policy making, service planning, research. They are also of wider public interest. |
| Format | csv |
| Language | English |
| Links | [1) DAISy Overview of Initial Assessments publication 2024] (https://publichealthscotland.scot/publications/drug-and-alcohol-information-system-daisy/drug-and-alcohol-information-system-daisy-overview-of-initial-assessments-for-specialist-drug-and-alcohol-treatment-202324/) [2) SDMD publication 2022] (https://publichealthscotland.scot/publications/scottish-drug-misuse-database/scottish-drug-misuse-database-overview-of-initial-assessments-for-specialist-drug-treatment-202021/) [3) SDMD open data 2020/21] (https://www.opendata.nhs.scot/dataset/scottish-drug-misuse-database) [4)PHS Statistical Disclosure Control Protocol] (https://publichealthscotland.scot/our-privacy-notice/our-legal-gateway/) |