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Alcohol and Adolescence: SHAAP Parliamentary Reception

Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems – Alcohol and AdolescenceCommittee Room 3, Scottish Parliament5th November 2013 17:30 – 20:00 Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems...

Doug Sellman (Alcohol Action NZ) comes to SHAAP

Prof Doug Sellman (Director, National Addiction Centre Aotearoa New Zealand) joined talked to a small audiance of public health advocacy groups in an event jointly...

The Scottish Health Survey: Alcohol Use

Weekly alcohol consumption levels: Average unit consumption has fallen since 2003 and hazardous and harmful drinking prevalence has dropped since 2003 but 25% of men...

Alcohol charities fear conflict of interest: 23/09/2013

Health campaigners expressed surprise that a current senior civil servant in a key Department dealing with the implementation of minimum unit pricing has been confirmed...

SHAAP Research and Policy Briefing No.3 September 2013

This issue includes: Is the price right? What health-care professionals need to know about alcohol sales and price An update of alcohol consumption amongst women...

Joint statement on Minimum Alcohol Misuse and Unit Pricing

A briefing paper from the British Medical Association (BMA), Alcohol Focus Scotland (AFS) and Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP). Click here for a copy

Decrease in alcohol related deaths (27th August 2013): Dispelling the myth that only the young are problem drinkers

Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) welcomes the latest figures released by GROS today, which indicate a 13% drop in alcohol-related death since 2011...

SHAAP welcomes falling alcohol consumption

Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) welcomes the latest alcohol sales figures released by NHS Health Scotland today. In the past year, sales of...

An Evaluation of the Implementation of, And Compliance With, the Objectives of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 – Final Report May 2013 (NHS Health Scotland)

Positive outcomes of the Act: Fewer irresponsible promotions were reported as taking place in pubs and clubs. A reduction in the direct sales of alcohol...

Briefing on Scottish court judgement on minimum pricing

SHAAP and Alcohol Focus Scotland have published a joint briefing on the Scottish court judgement on MUP.  Read it here

Doctors welcome decrease in alcohol hospital discharges: further measures needed

New statistics published today by the Information Services Division (ISD) report a 1% decrease in alcohol-related discharges from hospital in 2011/12, against the previous year,...

Correction and amendment – ‘The (Ir)responsibility deal? Big business and public health

On the 15th April SHAAP (Scottish Health Action on Alcohol) published ‘The (Ir)responsibility deal? Big Business and Public Health.  It has come to our attention...