Specific information onaverage waiting times for methadone prescriptions is not held centrally.A national waiting timesinformation framework was implemented in April 2004, to enable alcohol and drugaction teams (ADATs) and local services to monitor waiting times for drugtreatment and care in their local areas.Table 1 presentsinformation, by ADAT, on the number of clients by length of time waited for clientswho have been offered an appointment date for prescribed drug treatment for theperiod January to March 2007.Table 2 presentsinformation, by ADAT, on the number of clients by length of time waited forclients who are still waiting for an appointment date for prescribed drugtreatment for the period January to March 2007.The waiting times frameworkdoes not include information on methadone prescribed by General Practitioners.Table 1: Drug TreatmentWaiting Times - time between date care plan is agreed/ decision on treatment ismade and date offered for prescribed drug treatment1; clients offeredan appointment, Jan-Mar 2007 Number of Clients Offered anAppointment Date2 Drug Action Team < 7...