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Drop in alcohol-related primary care consultations 2012-13

The alcohol section on the ScotPHO website has been updated to include new data on alcohol-related primary care consultations. These data can be found on...

Forthcoming Event: Alcohol Without The Hangover? Using Science to reduce the harms of Alcohol

Debate and Discussion with Professor David Nutt17.30 – 19.30, Wednesday, 19th February 2014At the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 9, Queen Street, Edinburgh Scottish...

SHAAP Blog….personal reflections from Peter Rice

One good habit to get into when reading anything about alcohol is to ask what the writer’s angle is, so I’ll declare my interests so...

SHAAP/SARN ‘ALCOHOL OCCASIONAL’ SEMINARS 2013

Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and the Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) are delighted to announce the start of a series of lunchtime...

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...