This is the history for the submission "Motion by Bailie Thomas Kerr:- "This Council notes the recent publication of Faces of Voices of Recovery (FAVOR) UK's One Year Report: Blueprint to Save Lives. Notes that in October 2021 they launched an Advocacy Service as a one year pilot aiming to help at least 40 people across Scotland to access recovery treatment of their choice and to understand and highlight the barriers to treatment. Notes that the service helped 54 individual clients across 11 different local authority areas and 14 Alcohol and Drug Partnership areas and that the majority of clients were from Glasgow. This Council congratulates FAVOR UK on being successful in receiving funding to continue its advocacy service for a further four years. Council notes that there are six key recommendations within the report to support recovery from substance abuse: (1) Introduce a clear definition of a residential rehabilitation place, so that nobody is sent to pretend rehab facilities that are really stabilisation or detox services. (2) Introduce a centralised referral and funding system to end the postcode lottery to residential rehab, provide a more consistent approach across the country, and allow for rapid sharing of best practices across services. (3) Introduce guidelines to ensure that psycho-social and mental health support is provided alongside substance management and pharmaceutical treatment. (4) Introduce statistics to measure the number of people waiting more than six months, 12 months and 24 months for residential rehabilitation places and other forms of treatment too. (5) Introduce a Right to Recovery Bill to ensure that the Scottish Government MAT Standards are actually implemented and people seeking treatment can actually get it. (6) Return to community not centralised services. All of the evidence confirms that the centralisation of services has not worked and a return to community-based rehabilitation and recovery services would be beneficial. Council affirms its key role in supporting Glaswegians in their recovery from substance abuse through the Health & Social Care Partnership and other Council services. Council requests that the HSCP considers the six recommendations from this report and further requests that a paper is brought to the next meeting of the IJB examining how the Council and the broader HSCP can support these recommendations on a practical basis. In addition, this Council supports the Right to Addiction Recovery Bill proposed by Douglas Ross MSP MP and backed by several charities and frontline organisations, including FAVOR UK. Notes that this Bill would enshrine into law the right for individuals to access addiction treatment and place obligations on Scottish Ministers, Health Boards and other to provide treatment and set up reporting arrangements so that the quality and access of treatment can be monitored and reported to the Scottish Parliament. Council affirms its view that all individuals suffering from substance abuse have a right to seek and receive treatment which is appropriate to their own circumstances." ".

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