Table B1.6b : Source of referral to specialist drug services1,2 : year ending 31 March 2003
NHS board and council area of residence
NEW INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS/CLIENTS
		GP/primary	Criminal justice	Criminal justice	Social work	Specialist				Information	Information
	Self	care team	- social work	- other	- other	drug service	Family/friend	Psychiatrist	Other	available	unavailable
										(=100%)
	percentage									number
Scotland	34	35	5	4	5	9	1	0	7	9 474	180
by NHS board
Argyll & Clyde	47	24	7	3	6	4	1	0	9	838	14
Ayrshire & Arran	39	32	1	2	1	17	0	0	7	1 634	12
Borders	33	35	5	-	4	11	-	-	12	57	-
Dumfries & Galloway	61	21	5	0	2	2	2	0	6	236	2
Fife	38	30	10	6	3	4	1	-	8	766	21
Forth Valley	11	33	11	7	9	20	-	-	10	294	8
Grampian	23	55	3	6	3	4	1	-	5	895	17
Greater Glasgow	36	29	6	4	7	10	1	0	7	2 752	58
Highland	31	53	3	1	-	6	-	-	7	160	3
Lanarkshire	24	44	6	5	6	11	2	-	3	300	4
Lothian	26	44	4	1	8	7	2	0	7	1 209	29
Tayside	22	49	4	5	5	6	1	0	7	374	12
Island Boards3	61	33	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	18	-
by council area
Aberdeen City	20	62	3	7	1	5	1	-	2	516	15
Aberdeenshire	23	47	3	6	7	3	2	-	9	331	1
Angus	4	60	2	9	7	2	-	-	16	45	-
Argyll & Bute	37	27	9	1	5	8	1	2	10	111	4
Ayrshire East	37	33	2	3	2	17	0	0	7	520	5
Ayrshire North	46	30	1	2	1	12	-	-	8	819	7
Ayrshire South	26	34	2	2	1	31	-	-	5	310	1
Borders	33	35	5	-	4	11	-	-	12	57	-
Clackmannanshire	11	41	11	5	2	20	-	-	9	44	-
Dumfries & Galloway	61	21	5	0	2	2	2	0	6	236	2
Dunbartonshire East	40	26	8	5	14	2	2	-	5	65	2
Dunbartonshire West	22	45	7	0	8	5	0	-	12	227	4
Dundee City	15	51	6	5	6	8	1	0	8	215	8
Edinburgh City	28	43	5	1	7	10	1	0	6	689	19
Falkirk	9	33	11	8	6	21	-	-	13	159	4
Fife	38	30	10	6	3	4	1	-	8	766	21
Glasgow City	37	28	5	5	7	10	0	0	8	2 530	50
Highland	31	53	3	1	-	6	-	-	7	160	3
Inverclyde	59	5	5	7	6	8	3	1	7	167	1
Lanarkshire North	37	33	8	3	4	7	3	-	6	150	2
Lanarkshire South	16	49	6	6	9	12	0	-	2	218	5
Lothian East	18	65	1	1	4	1	5	-	6	156	9
Lothian West	22	40	4	2	16	1	3	1	11	243	1
Midlothian	30	34	5	3	5	13	5	1	4	129	2
Moray	53	30	-	-	2	4	-	-	11	53	1
Perth & Kinross	42	42	2	3	4	4	1	-	3	114	4
Renfrewshire	60	17	7	2	5	1	0	-	7	358	7
Renfrewshire East	23	46	6	3	5	4	6	1	6	79	1
Stirling	13	30	11	7	16	19	-	-	4	91	4
Island Councils4	61	33	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	18	-
1  All figures in this table exclude penal establishment inmates and information received from needle exchanges.
2  Individuals are included once within each NHS board area and council area. Therefore the sum of local area data may not equal the Scotland figure.
3  Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles health boards.
4  Eilean Siar, Orkney and Shetland councils.
See supplementary explanation of information presented
- (zero); 0 (>0.0 & <0.5)
|| Due to rounding percentages may not add up to 100%.
Source : Scottish Drug Misuse Database.