National Mission on Drugs: Annual Monitoring Report 2024-2025
This third annual monitoring report provides an analysis of the progress made between April 2024 and March 2025 on the National Mission to reduce drug deaths and improve lives.
Footnotes
1 Avoidable mortality 2023, National Records of Scotland, June 2025
2 Prepandemic inequalities in the burden of disease in Scotland due to multiple deprivation: a retrospective study, I Grant et al, BMJ Public Health, 2023
3 Drug-related deaths in Scotland in 2024, National Records of Scotland, September 2025
4 Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales: 2024 registrations, Office for National Statistics, October 2025
5 Drug-related deaths in Scotland in 2024, National Records of Scotland, September 2025
6 Estimated Prevalence of Opioid Dependence in Scotland 2014/15 to 2023/24, Public Health Scotland, March 2026
7 Scottish Health Survey dashboard, Scottish Government, March 2025
8 Estimated Prevalence of Opioid Dependence in Scotland 2014/15 to 2023/24, Public Health Scotland, March 2026
9 Scottish Health Survey dashboard, Scottish Government, March 2025
10 School exclusion statistics 2024-25, Scottish Government, December 2025. These statistics are collected and published biennially.
11 Recorded Crime in Scotland 2024-25, Scottish Government, June 2025
12 Drug Seizures and Offender Characteristics 2024/25, Scottish Government, January 2026
13 Rapid Action Drug Alerts and Response (RADAR) dashboard, Public Health Scotland, October 2025 (data extracted January 2026). Data is available weekly. 2024/25 is the 52 weeks ending 30 March 2025, 2023/24 is the 52 weeks ending 31 March 2024 and 2020/21 is the 52 weeks ending 4 April 2021.
14 Drug-related hospital statistics Scotland 2024 to 2025, Public Health Scotland, February 2026
15 Surveillance of hepatitis C in Scotland: Progress on elimination of hepatitis C as a major public health concern: 2025 update, Public Health Scotland, November 2025
16 Injecting equipment provision in Scotland 2024 to 2025, Public Health Scotland, April 2026
17 National naloxone programme Scotland – Quarterly monitoring bulletin January to March (Q4) 2024/25, Public Health Scotland, September 2025
18 National benchmarking report on the implementation of the medication assisted treatment standards, Scotland, 2024/25, Public Health Scotland, June 2025
19 Alcohol and Drug Partnerships (ADP) Annual Survey 2024/25, Scottish Government, March 2026
20 McAuley A, Fraser R, Glancy M, Yeung A, Jones HE, Vickerman P, Fraser H, Allen L, McDonald SA, Stone J, Liddell D. Mortality among individuals prescribed opioid-agonist therapy in Scotland, UK, 2011–20: a national retrospective cohort study. The Lancet Public Health. June 2023
21 Residential rehabilitation: literature review Scottish Government, May 2022
22 National drug and alcohol treatment waiting times dashboard, Public Health Scotland, December 2025 (data extracted May 2026)
23 Alcohol and Drug Partnerships (ADP) Annual Survey 2024/25, Scottish Government, March 2026
24 National drug and alcohol treatment waiting times dashboard, Public Health Scotland, December 2025 (data extracted May 2026)
25 National benchmarking report on the implementation of the medication assisted treatment standards, Scotland, 2024/25, Public Health Scotland, June 2025
26 Alcohol and Drug Partnerships (ADP) Annual Survey 2024/25, Scottish Government, March 2026
27 Expanding access to Residential Rehabilitation in Scotland, Scottish Government, November 2021
28 Drug and alcohol information system (DAISy) overview of initial assessments for specialist drug and alcohol treatment 2024/25, Public Health Scotland, January 2026
29 McAuley A, Fraser R, Glancy M, Yeung A, Jones HE, Vickerman P, Fraser H, Allen L, McDonald SA, Stone J, Liddell D. Mortality among individuals prescribed opioid-agonist therapy in Scotland, UK, 2011–20: a national retrospective cohort study. The Lancet Public Health. July 2023
30 Estimated number of people prescribed Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) in Scotland, by local authority of residence and NHS Board, 2014/15 to 2024/25 (annual OST patient estimates), Public Health Scotland, July 2025
31 Rapid Action Drug Alerts and Response Quarterly Reports, Public Health Scotland, April 2026
32 Residential rehabilitation: literature review Scottish Government, May 2022
33 Interim monitoring report on statutory funded residential rehabilitation placements, Public Health Scotland, July 2025
34 Evaluation of the Scottish Government Residential Rehabilitation Programme: placements started from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2025, Public Health Scotland, December 2025
35 Residential rehabilitation bed capacity in Scotland, October 2025, Scottish Government, December 2025
36 Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) standards: access, choice, support, Scottish Government, May 2021
37 National benchmarking report on the implementation of the medication assisted treatment standards, Scotland, 2024/25, Public Health Scotland, June 2025
38 National benchmarking report on the implementation of the medication assisted treatment standards, Scotland, 2024/25, Public Health Scotland, June 2025
39 Hard Edges Scotland, The Robertson Trust, June 2019
40 Scottish Health Survey 2023, Scottish Government, November 2024
41 Drug-related deaths in Scotland 2024, National Records of Scotland, September 2025
42 Drug-related hospital statistics - Scotland 2024 to 2025, Public Health Scotland, February 2026
43 Homeless Deaths 2024, National Records of Scotland, March 2026
44 Homelessness in Scotland 2024-25, Scottish Government, September 2025
45 Alcohol and Drug Partnership (ADP) Annual Survey 2024/25, Scottish Government, March 2026
46 Alcohol and Drug Partnership (ADP) Annual Survey 2024/25, Scottish Government, March 2026
47 Whole Family Approach: rapid review of literature, Scottish Government, July 2023
48 Impact of parents’ substance misuse on children: an update, R Velleman and L Templeton, BJPsych Advances, April 2018
49 Alcohol and Drug Partnership (ADP) Annual Survey 2024/25, Scottish Government, March 2026
50 Scottish Social Attitudes Survey 2021/22: Public Attitudes Towards People with Problem Drug Use, Scottish Government, November 2022
51 Alcohol and Drug Partnership (ADP) Annual Survey 2024/25, Scottish Government, March 2026
52 Alcohol and Drug Partnership (ADP) Annual Survey 2024/25, Scottish Government, March 2026
53 Scottish Household Survey 2023, Scottish Government, December 2024
54 Children’s Social Work Statistics: Child Protection 2023-24, Scottish Government, March 2026