HC Deb 19 April 1973 vol 855 c200W
Mr. Buchanan

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will now increase the researches into the causes, social and physical, of alcoholism in Scotland and also establish more centres for the treatment of the disease.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

Alcoholism is treated throughout Scotland within mental hospitals or in psychiatric units in general hospitals. There are six specialised units in Scotland at the Southern General Hospital (Glasgow), Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Sunnyside Hospital (Montrose), Bellsdyke Hospital (Larbert), Craig Dunain Hospital (Inverness) and Argyll and Bute Hospital. No additional centres are planned at present by hospital authorities, which receive their financial allocations in bulk and decide their own priorities. A number of research projects related to alcoholism are in progress in Scotland and support is available for further worthwhile projects.

Local authority services for the treatment of alcoholism are expanding gradually.