A SURVEY of treatment services has found Scotland has a total of 418 rehabilitation beds available for both drug and alcohol addiction. The Scottish Government published the survey in response to an expert group’s recommendations last year to get a better understanding of rehabilitation places available. Ministers have pledged £20 million a year for the next five years to boost residential rehabilitation in response to Scotland’s rising toll of drugs deaths. The expert group, led by addiction specialist Dr David McCartney, will now advise the Government on how to implement its recommendations. It will focus on ensuring there is equal access to rehabilitation across the country and standardised good practice.
New funds for drugs services Published:
Applications for additional support open this week.
Two funds, worth £1 million each, will open this week to support grassroots, community and residential organisations to improve drugs services.
A £1 million Grassroots Fund will provide resources to third sector organisations to enable them to increase capacity and provide further reach into the community. Eligible organisations must have an annual income under £1 million and can apply for grants up to £50,000.
A £1 million Improvement Fund will support service development and increases to capacity across residential and community services. It will consider applications for grants up to £100,000.
The funding is part of the £5 million support package announced by the First Minister last month to ensure immediate action on addressing Scotland’s drug deaths emergency before the end of this financial year.
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Families as Lifesavers is being funded through the Drugs Deaths Taskforce A NEW project which helps the families of people at risk of dying through drugs will start work in early January. Families as Lifesavers, which is being funded through the Drugs Deaths Taskforce, helps family members to increase their understanding of drug addiction while building coping strategies and helping them to continue to support their relative. The project, run by Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs, is one of a number of schemes funded through the taskforce. Minister for Drugs Policy Angela Constance said: “Finding out that a loved one is using drugs, and might even be at risk of losing their lives to their addiction, is one of the toughest things any family can face. People want to know the best way to respond, and what they might be able to do to help. They also want to feel they are not alone.