1. ISD data sources Making sense of the statistics Anthea Springbett Principal Statistician Substance Misuse Team, ISD

2. Scottish data sources PREVALENCE SDMD SCHOOLS (SALSUS) PRESCRIPTIONS DRUG OFFENCES & SEIZURES (SG JUSTICE) WAITING TIMES BLOOD BORNE VIRUSES (HPS) HOSPITALS (SMR01/SMR04) DEATH (GROS)

3. New clients into drug treatment Source: Scottish Drugs Misuse Database

4. SDMD – illicit drug use Source: Scottish Drugs Misuse Database

5. SDMD – injecting/sharing behaviour Source: Scottish Drugs Misuse Database

6. SDMD current reporting New clients in treatment Illicit drug profile Prescribed drug profile Demographics Social circumstances

7. SDMD Follow-up Enhanced SDMD database Roll-out in 2009 Web-based submission Client based Regular follow-up until discharge

8. Unanswered questions Number of clients in treatment Length of time in treatment Treatments received Outcomes –Behavioural –Social

9. Prevalence Prevalence studies 2000, 2003 Problem opiate/benzo users 2000 estimate 55,800 2003 estimate 51,582 New study delayed until April 2009

10. Drug use in children - prevalence Source: SALSUS 2006

11. Drug use in children - trend Source: SALSUS 2006

12. SMR01 – general acute discharges Source: ISD Scotland

13. SMR01 – drug type Source: ISD Scotland

14. SMR04 – psychiatric discharges Source: ISD Scotland

15. Hepatitis C in Drug Users Source: Health Protection Scotland

16. Drug-related deaths – cause of death Source: General Register Office for Scotland

17. Drug-related deaths by drug type Source: General Register Office for Scotland

18. New Data/Publications Prevalence – April 2009 SALSUS – June 2009 Injecting Equipment Provision – June 2009 SDMD Follow-up – 2010 Drug deaths - 2010 Drug waiting times (HEAT target) - 2010