Substance Misuse, January-March 2011

Statistics on Substance Misuse in Wales include data concerning people presenting to treatment services for substance misuse. The latest release updates the statistics previously released in a Statistical Article on 25 May 2011.

The key points from the latest release are:

• There were more than 8,200 referrals for treatment of alcohol or drug misuse notified to the database. During the quarter over 5,400 assessments were carried out by treatment services and more than 3,700 treatments commenced.
• 57 per cent (4,700) of referrals related to misuse of alcohol, 34 per cent (2,800) related to misuse of drugs and 9 per cent (700) of referrals had no main substance  reported.
• 65 per cent of referrals for any substance were assessed within 10 working days of referral and 90 per cent of people were given treatment within 10 working days of assessment.

Further information

StatsWales website.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5064
E-mail: stats.healthinfo@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

October 2011 (provisional - to be confirmed on the 'Due Out Soon' page)