News Search news Search Filter by topic ACEs (1) Alcohol (4) Burden of disease (1) Child poverty (1) Children (2) Community justice (1) Corporate (4) Dementia (1) Diet (6) Drugs (2) Health inequality (5) Identify effective actions (1) Immunisation (1) Income (2) Mental health (1) Minimum unit pricing (1) Needs assessment (1) Obesity (2) Physical activity (2) Place (1) Place standard (3) Power (1) Smoking (7) Suicide (2) Young people (1) Showing 54 results New Type 2 Diabetes Framework 16 Jul 2018 Diet NHS Health Scotland welcomes the Prevention, Early Detection and Early Intervention of Type 2 Diabetes framework, out today from the Scottish Government. The framework sets ou... Leading the way on physical activity 12 Jul 2018 Physical activity NHS Health Scotland welcomes the Active Scotland Delivery Plan, out today from the Scottish Government. Physical activity and active play are crucial to our health and well-be... Poverty affects educational attainment 10 Jul 2018 Children NHS Health Scotland has today published a briefing on children’s social circumstances and educational attainment. It is known that poor educational attainment has been linked... Drug Related Deaths are a tragedy, and are preventable 03 Jul 2018 Drugs Drug related deaths in Scotland have reached 934 in 2017; this is an 8% increase on 2016 figures. They are now at their largest number ever recorded. Half of drug related deat... Welcoming the diet and healthy weight delivery plan 02 Jul 2018 Diet In Scotland, the rates of overweight and obesity for both children and adults are among the highest in the developed world. The percentage of adults (over 16 years) in Scotlan... Death by suicide is reducing, but men even more likely than before to die by suicide 27 Jun 2018 Suicide Statistics published today show that suicide rates in Scotland continue to decline. Figures also show that the gap between the numbers of people who die by suicide in rich and... Welcoming Scotland’s Tobacco Control Action Plan 20 Jun 2018 Smoking Smoking kills around one in five people in Scotland. It remains the most significant cause of preventable cancer. It contributes to much of Scotland’s cardio-vascular and pulm... Enough alcohol sold in Scotland for every adult to exceed recommended weekly guidelines 19 Jun 2018 Alcohol Media release NHS Health Scotland has today published the latest data on Scotland’s relationship with alcohol. The report, ‘Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland’s Alcohol Strate... Drugs Related Deaths – behind the numbers 14 Jun 2018 Drugs Drug related deaths are increasing in Scotland -2016 (the latest year for which figures are available) saw the largest number ever recorded for the third year in a row. Half... New public health priorities for a healthier nation 14 Jun 2018 Corporate NHS Health Scotland welcomes the public health priorities which have been published today by the Scottish Government and COSLA. The priorities reflect a consensus for co-ordi... First Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next Last
