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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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