November 2024
There are 101,773 people in NSW who do not receive treatment despite being suitable for and wanting treatment. However, little has been known about how many are actively seeking treatment on any one day. An online survey was distributed to all NSW NGO alcohol and other drug (AOD) organisations to report on wait data on any day in late September 2024. Organisations that responded provide many different services (e.g. withdrawal, counselling, residential rehabilitation) both within single organisations, across different locations and across organisations.
The wait for treatment
There were 1,819 people waiting to enter an NGO AOD treatment organisation on any day during
the week of 23-27 September 2024.
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