Current status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 9 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to introduce gambling clinics to help people with gambling problems.
The Scottish Government is working with Public Health Scotland as co-leads of the Gambling Related Harms Working group to explore how people experiencing gambling-related harms are able to access the right support, and treatment, across health and social care services.
Treatment Clinics are one avenue of treatment which this work will consider, but we also understand the need for a trauma informed, person-centred approach with more localised options.
The working group is expected to report on the first stage of this work by Spring 2025.