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Our bill will save lives. It will provide a statutory right to addiction and recovery treatment services, including, but not exclusively, residential rehabilitation.
Duties of Scottish Ministers
Section 4 of the Bill seeks to place a duty on the Scottish Government to secure delivery of the rights established by the Bill.
A multi-disciplinary approach
Members also heard concerns from witnesses that the Bill’s emphasis on healthcare professionals determining treatment pathways does not align with the multidisciplinary approach that currently occurs in practice.
The first item on our agenda today is evidence on the financial memorandum for the Right to AddictionRecovery (Scotland) Bill from Douglas Ross, the member in charge of the bill.
Retrieved from <a href="Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill Financial Memorandum" target="_blank">Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill Financial Memorandum</a> [accessed 14 February 2022]
Agenda item 3 – Referral of a Bill at Stage 1 4. The Bureau agreed to refer the Right to AddictionRecovery (Scotland) Bill to the Health, Social Care and...