Outcomes Frameworks: Alcohol Outcomes Indicators

Recovery: Individuals are improving their health, well-being and life-chances by recovering from problematic drug and alcohol use.

Description	Source
Percentage reduction in daily drugs spend during treatment.	Service Submissions to Scottish Drug Misuse Database (SMR -25b), Information Services Division (ISD) Frequency: annual
Reduction in the percentage of clients injecting in the last month during treatment.	Service Submissions to Scottish Drug Misuse Database (SMR -25b), ISD Frequency: annual
Proportion of clients who abstain from illicit drugs between initial assessment and 12 week follow-up	Scottish Drug Misuse Database (SMR -25b), ISD Frequency: annual
Proportion of clients receiving drugs treatment experiencing improvements in employment / education profile during treatment.	Scottish Drug Misuse Database (SMR -25b), ISD Frequency: annual

The Scottish Government Recovery Outcomes Web tool to support measurement of service user recovery is available on the Social Services Knowledge Scotland (SSKS) website here: http://www.ssks.org.uk/topics/drugs-and-alcohol/recovery-outcomes.aspx