"During 2009/10:
" A total of 576 individuals were in contact with Substitute Prescribing treatment services, compared to 550 in 2008/09.
" 89 individuals discontinued from the scheme – the main reasons given were ‘failed to present for Substitute Prescribing’, ‘managed discontinuation of Substitute Prescribing’ and ‘unmanaged discontinuation of Substitute Prescribing’."
Source
Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency, Statistical Bulletin PHIRB 4/2010, "Statistics from the Northern Ireland Substitute Prescribing Database: 31 March 2010," September 2010, p. 1.
http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/su…
