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Stage 1 report: Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill
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PDF Published: Tuesday 23 Sep 2025 (HSCSS062025R07)
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    • Membership changes
    • Executive summary
    • Introduction
      • Overview of the Bill
    • Background to the Bill
      • Legal position
      • Alcohol and drug services in Scotland
      • Scottish Government work
      • Current public health situation in Scotland
    • Provisions of the Bill
      • Right to recovery
      • Duties of Scottish Ministers
      • Final provisions
    • Health, Social Care and Sport Committee consideration
      • Issues raised in the Call for Views
    • Consideration by other committees
    • Interaction with the existing legal framework
    • Prevention and early intervention
    • Setting a precedent for other areas of treatment
    • A whole-family approach
    • A trauma-informed approach
    • A multi-disciplinary approach
    • Resource implications
      • Impact on priorities
      • Impact on workforce
      • Cost and resource
      • Risk of litigation
    • Enforcement
    • Language and definitions
    • Requiring a diagnosis of addiction
    • Advocacy
    • Requirement for in-person appointments
    • Abstinence versus harm reduction
    • Timescales for accessing treatment
    • Recommendation on the general principles of the Bill
    • Annexe A: Extracts from Committee minutes
    • Annexe B: Evidence and information gathered
      • Oral evidence (and associated submissions and correspondence)
      • Other correspondence
      • Notes of fact-finding visits and engagement activity
      • SPICe briefings and blogs
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