Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill

Graph showing that more individual responses strongly agreed with the purpose and extent of the Bill compared to organisational responses.

Image: Support for the Bill by respondent type

Network diagram showing themes and links between themes for those who agree and disagree with the purpose and extent of the Bill.

Image: Themes from individual submissions

Network diagram showing themes and links between themes for organisations who agree and disagree with the purpose and extent of the Bill.

Image: Themes from organisational submissions

Showing drug misuse deaths by year - increasing from 244 in 1996 to 1,172 in 2023

Image: Drug misuse deaths by year in Scotland

Showing alcohol-specific deaths registered in Scotland between rising from 550 in 1994 to 1,277 in 2023

Image: Alcohol-specific deaths registered in Scotland

Showing highest percentage of ongoing waits over three weeks in NHS highland (63%) with NHS Shetland, NHS Orkney, NHS Dumfries and Galloway and NHS Borders reporting no waits of more than three weeks.

Image: Ongoing waits of more than three weeks for referrals to community-based specialist drug and alcohol treatment services by NHS Board.

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