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Chief Medical Officer Annual Report 2011 – Transforming Scotland’s Health

Chief Medical Officer Annual Report 2011 – Transforming Scotland’s Health Published late 2012, this report looks at key policy strategies to address health inequalities in...

Health Inequalties in Scotland: Audit Scotland December 2012

Health Inequalities in Scotland The impact of alcohol and drug misuse remain significantly worse in the most deprived areas of Scotland. Alcohol misuse ; Overall...

Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland’s Alcohol Strategy 2nd Annual Report

NHS Health Scotland published the 2nd annual MESAS report today showing a slight reduction in alcohol consumption, with sales per adult dropping by 5% between...

SHAAP joins European Alcohol and Health Forum

SHAAP has joined the European Alcohol and Health Forum, making a wide ranging set of committments to work to reduce the harmful impact of alcohol...

NHSScotland Chief Executive’s Annual Report 2011/12

Whist overall premature mortality has fallen since 1991, the number of alcohol-related deaths has increased sharply during this time, more than doubling from 624 to...

CMO annual report: Volume One, 2011 ‘On the state of the public’s health’

CMO annual report: Volume One, 2011 ‘On the state of the public’s health’ The report shows a significant rise in cases of liver disease.

Drinking to get drunk: Influences of young adult drinking behaviours (Alcohol Concern UK and Balance North East November 2012

A new report highlights drinking to get drunk’ as the defining feature of how their age group relates to alcohol. Those surveyed agree strongly that...

An evaluation of the implementation of, and compliance with, the objectives of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005’

The second interim summary report from ‘An evaluation of the implementation of, and compliance with, the objcetives of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005’.

Alcohol and Cancer Risks: A Guide for Health Professionals

The latest publication from SHAAP is Alcohol and Cancer Risks. This guide has been produced to summarise for Health Professionals the links between alcohol and...

Scotland’s mental health: Adults 2012 October 2012 NHS Health Scotland October 2012

Two indicators of mental health have worsened: – possible alcohol dependency – deaths from mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use. To improve...

Homicide in Scotland, 2011-12

Over two thirds, 68%, of the total of 124 persons accused in homicide cases in 2011-12 were reported to have been drunk and/or under the...

Scottish Health Survey Topic Report: Equality Groups (Scottish Government Publication 30th October 2012)

Scottish Health Survey Topic Report: Equality Groups The report includes data on health behaviours and health characteristics broken down by the following equality groups: gender,...