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The Scottish Government has today [Tuesday 17 June] published its new Population Health Framework. The Population Health Framework sets out Scottish Government’s and COSLA’s long-term collective approach to improving Scotland’s

Cancer Prevention Action Week 2025 Scotland can once again lead the way on alcohol

Scotland’s alcohol consumption continues to exceed safe levels new data from Public Health Scotland shows.

At Alcohol Focus Scotland, we’ve been exploring the impact of alcohol marketing on different communities – and most recently, the LGBT+ community.

The UK Government has today (3 July 2025) published 'Fit for the Future', their new 10 Year Health Plan for England. The plan was billed as a major shift towards prevention, yet fails to include any of the most cost-effective and

Efforts to change Scotland’s long-standing policy on alcohol in football stadia have gathered pace this summer. In what has been misleadingly been billed as a ‘pilot’ (implying robust, independent design and evaluation), several

In a new report published today, Public Health Scotland have concluded that introducing restrictions on alcohol advertising and marketing is an effective and cost-effective way of reducing how much we drink, and in turn improving the health of

In our latest blog, Dr Sheila Gilheany, CEO of Alcohol Action Ireland, reflects on Ireland’s experience of implementing restrictions on alcohol marketing and advertising - along with a range of other public health measures including minimum

No room for complacency as deaths from alcohol remain appallingly high and more than double the level of 30 years ago says Alcohol Focus Scotland

Public Health Scotland (PHS) recently published their long-awaited report into a decline in referrals to specialist alcohol treatment services. The report was commissioned by the Scottish Government in 2023 following an answer to a Parliamentary