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Thursday, October 8, 2009

SUBSTANCE MISUSE IN WALES 2008-09

This report summarises Substance Misuse Statistics for Wales for 2008-09. It is structured as follows:

· Part 1 includes statistics from the Welsh National Database for Substance Misuse. The profile of referrals during 2008-09 to substance misuse treatment services is described as well as treatment service activity between 2006-07 and 2008-09. Results are presented in a series of tables and summarised on pages 4 and 5.

· Part 2 provides additional substance misuse related information currently available from routinely published sources in Wales to support and add to the information gained through the Welsh National Database for Substance Misuse. Evidence is drawn from a number of data sources including information from the hospital admission data (Patient Episode Database
Wales (PEDW)), Office for National Statistics (ONS) information, Home Office and Education data. The information is summarized in a Summary on page 38.

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