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SHAAP responds to hard-hitting Audit Scotland report on alcohol and drug services

   On 31 October, Audit Scotland published a report on the state of Alcohol and Drug services in Scotland.     Today’s report by Audit...

SHAAP comments on ABI report

On 29 October, Public Health Scotland (PHS) published a review of the Alcohol Brief Intervention programme in Scotland. This report documents a series of recommendations and...

Experts call for criminal justice system to be made effective for people with alcohol problems

Calls to meaningfully support people with alcohol problems in Scotland’s justice system are being made to mark Recovery Month, to reduce the burden of alcohol...

SHAAP Chair comments on Ministerial Statement on Alcohol and Drugs

On 12 September Neil Gray MSP gave the ministerial statement on alcohol and drugs. Dr Peter Rice, Chair of Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems...

SHAAP calls for urgent action to deal with ongoing public health emergency as it is revealed 1,277 people suffered an alcohol-specific death in Scotland in 2023

The latest figures from National Records of Scotland, (NRS) show 1,277 people died from conditions caused by alcohol in 2023. This was one death more...

Campaigners call on First Minister to fulfil commitment to protect Scotland’s children & young people from alcohol marketing

Alcohol Focus Scotland, BMA Scotland, Children in Scotland, Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs (SFAD), and Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) are...

SARN Blog

“You’re not working class anymore” – Following the yellow brick road of first year Beth Meadows, PhD Researcher For many years Dorothy dreamed of somewhere...

80 Organisations Sign Open Letter to Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Over 80 organisations come together in unprecedented move in support of raising the minimum unit price for alcohol to 65p  Read the letter here.

Alcohol Occasionals 2024

SHAAP/SARN Alcohol Occasionals 2024   Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and the Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) are pleased to invite you to...

Alcohol Occasionals 2024 – Call for research proposals (theme: Transforming Scotland’s Relationship with Alcohol)

Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and the Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) invite researchers to submit their research proposals for the 2024 SHAAP/SARN Alcohol...

Alcohol Occasionals 2024 – Call for research proposals

Alcohol Occasionals 2024 – Call for research proposals (theme: Transforming Scotland’s Relationship with Alcohol) Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and the Scottish Alcohol...

SHAAP Lived Experience Spotlight

In this blog, John tells us of his experiences of a life-changing diagnosis in 2018, and the changes it led to in his own life....