In July 2023, the improvement support for MAT standards implementation programme engaged with services across Scotland to develop a series of brief insights. These focus on innovations in local service delivery. They formed part of Public Health Scotland’s annual benchmarking report.
National benchmarking report on implementation of the MAT standards 2022/2023 – Public Health Scotland
Read our 21 brief insights:
Brief insight one
Angus Integrated Drugs and Alcohol Recovery Service (AIDARS): Same day access to Opioid Substitute Treatment (OST)
Brief insight two
Argyll & Bute Alcohol & Drug Partnership: Recovery Advocacy Services
Brief insight three
NHS Dumfries & Galloway: Long Acting Injectable Buprenorphine Service Development
Brief insight four
Dundee Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service (DDARS): Improving Access to Services
Brief insight five
NHS Fife: ADAPT-KY8 Community Recovery Group
Brief insight six
NHS Forth Valley: Substance Use Recovery Development Worker Pilot
Brief insight seven
NHS Forth Valley: Community Buprenorphine Prescribing Pilot
Brief insight eight
Glasgow City Alcohol & Drug Partnership: Sustainable Interventions Supporting Change Outside (SISCO): Multiple Pathways to Recovery
Brief insight nine
Glasgow City Alcohol & Drug Partnership: The WAND Harm Reduction Initiative
Brief insight 10
NHS Highland: Caithness Drug & Alcohol Recovery Service (CDARS): Assertive Outreach Project
Brief insight 11
Highland Alcohol & Drug Partnership: Argyll & Bute Addiction Team (ABAT): Improving Choice and Access to Care in Cowal
Brief insight 12
Inverclyde Alcohol & Drug Partnership: Turning Point Scotland: Early Help in Custody Team
Brief insight 13
Mid & East Lothian Alcohol & Drug Partnership: East Lothian Substance Use Service: Assertive Outreach and Same Day Access
Brief insight 14
Pan-Ayrshire Alcohol & Drug Partnerships: An Integrated Approach to MAT Implementation
Brief insight 15
Perth & Kinross Alcohol & Drug Partnership: Integrated Drugs & Alcohol Team (IDART)
Brief insight 16
Scottish Ambulance Service: Non-Fatal Overdose Pathway
Brief insight 17
Scottish Borders Alcohol & Drug Partnership: Eyemouth Health Check Project
Brief insight 18
Scottish Prison Service: HMP Edinburgh: Trauma Informed Practice Pilot
Brief insight 19
Scottish Prison Service: HMP Perth: Persons of Concern Review Group
Brief insight 20
West Dunbartonshire Alcohol & Drug Partnership: West Dunbartonshire Addiction Service: Same Day Access to Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)
Brief insight 21
West Lothian Alcohol & Drug Partnership: A Human Rights Based Approach