Number of psychiatric, addiction, or learning disability beds by local authority: FOI release

Information requested

I'm writing a local study on alcohol recovery in Scotland, and I've come across your webpage detailing the number of psychiatric, addiction, or learning disability beds by local authority.  (https://www.gov.scot/publications/inpatient-census-2022-part-1-mental-health-learning-disabilityinpatient- bed-census-part-2-out-scotland-nhs-placements/pages/3/).  I was wondering if there is any more specific data available, both of just addiction/ alcoholism and a more specific geographical location than local authority.

Response

I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested. We do not hold details of whether specific inpatient beds in addiction wards in NHS Scotland are dedicated to treating those with alcohol or other substance addictions. However, we can provide you with greater detail on the number and location of addiction beds within NHS Scotland (Table 1 below).  Please note that this data includes a revision to the published data from the 2022 Mental Health Inpatient Census, as it was discovered that a small number of health boards had omitted some data (see Mental Health Inpatient Census - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) for further details).

Table 1: Number and location of inpatient beds dedicated to addiction detox / rehabilitation within NHS Scotland, as of 12 April 2022

Scotland, as of 12 April 2022 (source: Mental Health Inpatient Census).

NHS Board	Hospital	Hospital Name	Ward Name	Ward Type	Number of Available Beds
NHS Ayrshire & Arran	A217H	Woodland View	W5	Addiction detox	10
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde	G207H	Stobhill Hospital	Stobhill Hospital Eriskay Ward - G1	Addiction detox	12
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde	G505H	Gartnavel Royal Hospital	Gartnavel Royal Kershaw Ward-G1	Addiction detox	12
NHS Lothian	S217H	Royal Edinburgh Hospital	REH - Ritson Clinic	Addiction detox	12
NHS Tayside	T215H	Murray Royal Hospital	Kinclaven	Addiction Rehabilitation	7

 

You may be able to obtain greater detail by contacting the relevant health boards directly.

You may also be interested in the data on residential rehabilitation beds contained in this publication: Pathways into, through and out of Residential Rehabilitation in Scotland: Results from the Residential Rehabilitation Providers Survey (www.gov.scot).

Appendix B has a breakdown of drug/alcohol/both facilities and their capacity as of November 2021.

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