Drug & Alcohol Psychological Talking Therapies - FOI Response Register

If all the below questions cannot be answered within the appropriate time limit, please can you answer the questions in order as below until the limit is reached.

1. In each of the following financial years, how many adults with known drug and/or alcohol issues or dependence were referred to your psychological talking therapies service by a GP?

If data for the number referred ‘by a GP’ is not available, please provide the number referred from primary care.

i)                    2018-19

ii)                   2019-20

iii)                 2020-21

iv)                 2021-22

v)                   2022-23

vi)                    2018-2019 to 2022-23 inclusive, as a total across the five financial years

2. How many of those in question 1 were a) accepted and b) declined for support from your psychological talking therapies service? Please break the information down by the following financial years.

i)                    2018-19

ii)                   2019-20

iii)                 2020-21

iv)                 2021-22

v)                   2022-23

vi)                    2018-2019 to 2022-23 inclusive, as a total across the five financial years

Please provide a figure for c) other, where relevant. For example, if the individual was referred but didn’t engage further with your service and was therefore neither accepted nor declined.

3. In each of the following financial years, how many adults were referred to your psychological talking therapies service by drug and alcohol services?

i)                    2018-19

ii)                   2019-20

iii)                 2020-21

iv)                 2021-22

v)                   2022-23

vi)                    2018-2019 to 2022-23 inclusive, as a total across the five financial years

4. How many of those in question 3 were a) accepted and b) declined for support from your psychological talking therapies service? Please break the information down by the following financial years.

i)                    2018-19

ii)                   2019-20

iii)                 2020-21

iv)                 2021-22

v)                   2022-23

vi)                    2018-2019 to 2022-23 inclusive, as a total across the five financial years

Please provide a figure for c) other, where relevant. For example, if the individual was referred but didn’t engage further with your service and was therefore neither accepted nor declined.

In accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested.

NHS Shetland do not have any facility that records how many people were referred from Substance Misuse Recovery Service to Psychological Therapies Service/Psychology.