National Mission on Drugs: annual report 2022-2023

Sets out the progress made between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023 by national government, local government and third sector partners towards reducing drug deaths and improving the lives of those impacted by drugs in Scotland.


Footnotes

1. Drug-related deaths in Scotland in 2022, National Records of Scotland, August 2023

2. Change Team - Lived experience (alliance-scotland.org.uk)

3. Rapid Action Drug Alerts and Response (RADAR) quarterly report - July 2023 - Rapid Action Drug Alerts and Response (RADAR) quarterly report - Publications - Public Health Scotland

4. Drug and alcohol information system (DAISy) overview of initial assessments for specialist drug and alcohol treatment 2021/22 and 2022/23, Public Health Scotland

5. Interim Monitoring Report on Statutory Funded Residential Rehabilitation Placements, Public Health Scotland

6. Interim Monitoring Report on Statutory Funded Residential Rehabilitation Placements, Public Health Scotland

7. Scotland's Housing First Pathfinder Evaluation: Final Report - Heriot-Watt Research Portal (hw.ac.uk)

8. Diversion from prosecution: joint review - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

9. Background - Community sentencing options for people with substance use problems: review findings summary - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

10. Alcohol and Drugs Policy refers to Level 4 budget for 2022/23. Level 3 budget data is provided in lines 97 (Reducing Drug Deaths) and 98 (Alcohol and Drugs): Supporting documents - Scottish Budget 2022 to 2023 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot). Alcohol and Drugs budget details are provided for both 2022/23 and 2022/23.

11. The total refers to Alcohol and Drugs budget of £24,395m and £11,000m of the Reducing Drug Deaths budget.

12. Reducing Drug Deaths budget is inclusive of National Mission funding.

13. Due to significant accrual of Health Board reserves, actual additional ADP funding transferred to Health Boards in financial year 2022-23 was £32.8m. In total, Scottish Government transferred £89.3m to Health Boards in 2022-23 for onward allocation by ADPs, the remaining required funding was drawn from Health Board reserves.

14. Core Funding includes 5% cost of living uplift outlined in Cross Government Action Plan

Contact

Email: Drugsmissiondeliveryteam@gov.scot

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