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Response to the Scottish Parliament’s Alcohol Bill

SHAAP’s response to the Scottish Parliament’s Alcohol (Licensing, Public Health and Criminal Justice) Bill is now available online.

Dr Fiona Cuthill Alcohol Occasional online

Dr Fiona Cuthill of the University of Edinburgh spoke at SHAAP’s 2015 Alcohol Occasional seminar series about her work examining the experiences of those who...

SHAAP Scottish Parliament Briefing: June 4th 2015

SHAAP Scottish Parliament Briefing: June 4th Debate on Changing Scotland’s Relationship with Alcohol Prepared by SHAAP’s Chair Dr. Peter Rice and Director Eric Carlin. This...

Health NGOs resign en masse from EU Alcohol Forum

More than 20 health NGOs from across Europe, including SHAAP, have signed a letter of resignation from the European Union Alcohol and Health Forum in protest...

OECD Report Presents Alarming Findings Regarding the UK’s Alcohol Use.

A new report published on May 12th by the intergovernmental Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD): ‘Tackling Harmful Alcohol Use: Economics and Public Health...

Alcohol & Hepatitis C Conference Announced

Hepatitis Scotland/SHAAP: ALCOHOL & HEPATITIS C – 24th June 2015, COSLA Conference Centre – Edinburgh Hepatitis Scotland, in conjunction with Scottish Health Action on Alcohol...

Alcohol & Young People Conference Announced

SHAAP: ALCOHOL & YOUNG PEOPLE – Thursday 27 August, Glasgow – location tbc. In 2013 and 2014 SHAAP brought together policymakers and experts from the...

European Parliament debate, 27th April 2015,calling for new EU Alcohol Strategy

On 27th April the European Parliament will debate a resolution that has been proposed by its ENVI (Health & Consumer Affairs) Committee, calling for a...

Scottish MUP Case, Oral Hearing at European Court of Justice, 6th May 2015

The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg will hold an oral hearing on 6th May 2015 to consider the Scottish Government’s MInimum Unit Pricing legislation,...

SHAAP Policy Officer Vacancy

Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) is seeking to appoint a Policy Officer who is a highly skilled researcher, ideally with some experience of...