Time between referral and start of treatment (quarterly)
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Time between referral and start of treatmentLast update
25 May 2016Next update
August 2016 (provisional)Publishing organisation
Welsh GovernmentSource 1
Welsh National Database for Substance Misuse, NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS)Source 2
NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS)Contact email
stats.healthinfo@wales.gsi.gov.ukDesignation
Management informationLowest level of geographical disaggregation
WalesGeographical coverage
WalesLanguages covered
English and WelshFrequency of publication
QuarterlyData reference periods
January 2013 onwardsRevisions information
In each quarterly publication, data for the previous quarter is revised in order to include amendments to records.General description
Substance Misuse in Wales, Quarterly StatisticsData collection and calculation
These quarterly statistics present summary information relating to treatment services for substance misuse, including data on activity by drug and alcohol. The data only relates to people attending treatment services for substance misuse and as a result only represents a proportion of all substance misusers.The source of the data is the Welsh National Database for Substance Misuse (WNDSM). It contains details of all referrals to drug and alcohol agencies in Wales and is held by NHS Wales Informatics Service. The database is dynamic, that is, records are subject to amendment as further information is submitted by agencies. This means that figures from the previous quarter will inevitably be revised and this should be considered when interpreting the data. Consequently the first time data is published for a specific quarter it will be marked as "provisional". Data on this subject is also published in an annual report in October. Please note that the quarterly and annual statistics are not directly comparable, specifically because clients who did not attend (DNA) at a very early stage i.e. before assessment are not included throughout the annual report tables but are included here in the quarterly statistics.
Some of the data presented is used to measure Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to support the performance management of substance misuse treatment services in Wales. This includes a performance indicator to achieve a waiting time of within 20 working days between referral and the start of treatment. This indicator is also included in the Welsh Government's Programme for Government.
Rounding applied
Percentages have been rounded to one decimal place.Users, uses and context
For information on users, uses and context please see the linked annual publicationKeywords
Substance MisuseStatistical quality
Quality report:All Service Providers in receipt of Welsh Government funding, either directly or via the Community Safety Partnerships, to deliver substance misuse services are required to comply fully with the reporting requirements of the database.
The Welsh Government’s Substance Misuse Advisory Regional Teams (SMARTs) have been working with treatment services to improve data quality. For the purpose of this release, the data quality issues that affect these statistics are:
Some agencies are failing to close cases where a client is transferred between agencies. This means that some individuals will be counted more than once on the database.
A number of agencies may not complete all of the relevant fields on the database by the time the quarterly data is extracted.
