NHS professionals believe there has been a “collective failure” in addressing Scotland’s drug deaths crisis.
A report issued by the Mental Welfare Commission reveals that 77% of those providing care for drug and alcohol addiction believe services are inadequate. The scathing verdict comes despite a Scottish Government vow to improve services for addicts - following a Daily Record campaign to highlight Scotland’s drug death crisis.
Dr Arun Chopra, medical director of the Mental Welfare Commission, said: “As a next, urgent step, rather than create new strategies, we call on services to deliver the strategies already in place, and on government to monitor this and report on progress in 12 months. Our collective failure in dealing with this crisis is not for want of a lack of evidence or guidance on how to tackle it.
