Residential rehabilitation bed capacity in Scotland, October 2025
This publication presents the findings from a survey of drug and alcohol residential rehabilitation facilities in Scotland to provide updated data on bed capacity.
Key Points
As of October 2025 there was a maximum capacity of 574 residential rehabilitation beds in Scotland across 28 facilities. This is an increase of 78 beds (16%) compared to September 2024’s revised capacity of 496 beds.
Errors in the bed count submitted by two facilities in 2024 were identified during this year’s data collection. This means that the 2024 reported bed capacity of 513 has been revised down to 496. Revised capacity figures for these facilities and for the total bed capacity in 2024 are provided in this report.
In addition to residential capacity, some facilities also offer rehabilitation treatment on a day/outpatient basis. Six facilities (21%) reported that they accept clients on a day or outpatient basis for drugs and/or alcohol rehabilitation.
Most residential rehabilitation facilities in Scotland (86%, n = 24) accept referrals from all Alcohol and Drug Partnership (ADP) areas.
Most facilities (96%, n = 27) report that they currently accept publicly funded placements.