Substance Misuse Programme
Latest PublicationsPublished: 27 March 2012
National Drug and Alcohol Treatment Waiting Times
Published: 28 February 2012
Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2011
Published: 28 February 2012
The National Drug Related Deaths Database Report (Scotland) 2010
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The Substance Misuse programme at ISD is designed to provide policy makers and practitioners with timely, robust and clear information and intelligence about alcohol and drug misuse and their consequences.
Programme Summary
Individuals, their families, friends and communities can suffer considerable harm from the consequences of alcohol and drug misuse. Both drug and alcohol misuse are major public health problems in Scotland today. The Substance Misuse Programme (SMP) at ISD provides a range of information products, services and expert advice from which policy makers, planners and practitioners can base their decision making. This is both at national level, such as supporting the monitoring of national strategies, or at local level e.g. for planning and delivery of treatment services. The programme provides information across all care sectors including NHS boards, local authorities, police forces and the voluntary sector.
Key functions of the SMP include:
- produce a range of quality assured national statistics on substance misuse
- contribute to policy and practice development, and measurement of performance at national and local levels
- identify and address information gaps through key developmental projects
- project manage key national studies as required by the Scottish Government
Information sources:
The SMP provides a one-stop-shop, drawing together the latest information from both within and out with the NHS. Examples of routinely gathered data include:
- the Scottish Drug Misuse Database,
- hospital discharges (acute, psychiatric and maternity),
- information about blood borne viruses,
- waiting times for specialist services,
- drug and alcohol related deaths.
Population studies include:
- Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey,
- The National Prevalence Study of Problem Drug Misuse
How to find out more about substance misuse
Our two websites give you access to the most current information about illicit drug misuse and problematic drinking in Scotland.
http://www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org
http://www.alcoholinformation.isdscotland.org/
For further information please contact us at nss.isdsubstancemisuse@nhs.net or view team contact details at http://www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org/contacts/dmist.htm
