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SHAAP [Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems]

WebScottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) is a partnership of the Medical Royal Colleges in Scotland and the Faculty of Public Health and is based at the Royal College …

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Alcohol Harms in Scotland

WebAfter adjusting for age, the alcohol-specific mortality rate was higher than the Scottish average in the health board areas of Western Isles, Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and …

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Alcohol Consumption in Scotland

WebThe Scottish Health Survey 2021. The prevalence of hazardous or harmful levels of weekly alcohol consumption has declined steadily since 2003, from 34% (2003) to 23% (2021). …

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Care and treatment for people with alcohol-related brain damage: …

WebScottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) What we found Living in inappropriate places. Earlier in 2021, we visited 50 people with ARBD (and a guardianship order in …

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Non-Communicable Disease Prevention: Priorities for 2021/22

WebNon-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke, liver disease and lung disease are the leading cause of death and disability in Scotland. As …

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Advice for heavy drinkers who are thinking about cutting back …

WebSCOTTISH HEALTH ACTION ON ALCOHOL PROBLEMS www.shaap.org.uk 1 12 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 1JQ • Tel. 0131 247 3667 • Fax 0131 247 3664 • Email: …

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Final report on the evaluation of MUP shows the policy has …

WebPublic Health Scotland released Evaluating the impact of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland: Final report today. The final report shows that minimum unit pricing (MUP) in …

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New BMA guidance, Alcohol, drugs and the workplace

Web04 February 2014. The British Medical Association (BMA) has published new guidance, Alcohol, drugs and the workplace – The role of medical professionals, a tool for medical …

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Alcohol deaths in Scotland continue to rise

WebWork by Public Health Scotland (PHS), published in the Lancet in March this year, looked at the impact of Minimum Unit Pricing, introduced in Scotland in May 2018 at a level of 50 …

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Alcohol-related Liver Disease: Guidance for Good Practice

WebAction 2. Patients admitted to hospital with alcohol-related liver failure should be managed immediately, in accordance with national guidelines, be reviewed by a physician with …

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Tackling Scotland's alcohol problem

WebOver the past 15 years Scotland has become a global leader in effective alcohol policy, and alcohol-related deaths fell by a third between 2003 and 2012, although this has now …

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Men and Alcohol: Key Issues

WebScottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) The Men and Alcohol: Key Issues report summarises the contributions and key findings and presents recommendations for …

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Report Launch: Alcohol management in Deep End practices

WebElinor Jayne, Director of Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP), said: “Alcohol harm disproportionately affects people living in Scotland’s most disadvantaged …

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Alcohol: Price, Policy and Public Heath: Report on the findings of …

WebThis report presents the findings of an expert workshop convened by Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) on 27 September 2007 to consider action that …

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Advice for heavy drinkers who are thinking about cutting back

WebThis is updated guidance, originally published in April 2020 to support heavy drinkers thinking about cutting back or stopping drinking alcohol during the COVID-19 pandemic. …

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Residential rehabilitation: powering up in 2021

WebAt the end of the summer of 2020, the Public Health Minister at the time, Joe FitzPatrick, set up a Residential Rehabilitation Working Group to explore the issue of residential rehab in …

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The NCD Alliance Scotland

WebThe NCD Alliance Scotland has come together to call on the Scottish Government for bold and transformative policy action to give everyone in Scotland the opportunity to live a …

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'Stand up and tell me your story'

WebThe Scottish Government should make a meaningful plan to implement its commitments in relation to engaging with lived and living experience. The agencies involved in this review …

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