Introduction
This annual publication presents the latest available information from a range of national data sources relevant to drug misuse. Previous publications covered additional data sources such as school based surveys of drug use and national prevalence of drug misuse. Previous and current publications are available on the national drugs misuse information web site at www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org/dmss.
This year there are three main sections:
A Services and treatment for drug misusers.
This section includes information on individuals presenting to drug treatment services and on methadone prescription statistics.
B Health impact of drug misuse.
This section includes information on inpatients and day cases discharged from general hospitals, blood-borne viruses, discharges from psychiatric hospitals, pregnancy and neonatal discharges and drug-related deaths in Scotland.
C Drugs and criminal justice.
This section includes information on drug-related offences and court proceedings, criminal justice social work and drug misuse and treatment in Scottish prisons.
Thanks are given to the organisations who supplied the information presented in this publication. Contact details for these organisations can be found on page 157.
Substance Misuse Information Strategy Team
The Substance Misuse Information Strategy Team, part of the Information Services Division (ISD Scotland), NHS Scotland, has produced this report. The team:
- provides information to support Drug Action Teams, Local Authorities, NHS boards, specialist drug services, the Scottish Executive, and others.
- manages the Scottish Drug Misuse Database (SDMD), and ensures the effective and appropriate exploitation of other relevant data collected by ISD e.g. hospital inpatient data.
- develops expertise in the use of available data to produce robust performance and activity indicators to monitor the impact of national and local policies.
- supports the research and analytical work of other organisations, subject to general strategic priorities and ethical and legal considerations.
The team also provides an information service to organisations and individuals who wish to use the data relating to drug misuse collected by ISD Scotland. For further information please phone 0131 275 6742 or e-mail substancemisuse@isd.csa.scot.nhs.uk.
Contact
Stephen Pavis (Assistant Head of Group)
phone 0131 275 6670
e-mail stephen.pavis@isd.csa.scot.nhs.uk
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