Current status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 25 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Distress Brief Intervention programme.
Since November 2024, the Distress Brief Intervention (DBI) programme has been live in all 31 Health and Social Care Partnership areas across Scotland for those aged 16 and over.
We also have three national referral pathways to DBI - via NHS24; and via call handling centres operated by both the Scottish Ambulance Service and Police Scotland. These provide additional options for key services to refer people for DBI support.
As at the end of July 2025, over 95,000 people have been referred to DBI.
With our partners across a range of sectors, we will look to continue to embed and grow the DBI programme across Scotland, building on its considerable success to date.