News Search news Search Filter by topic ACEs (1) Alcohol (7) Burden of disease (3) Child poverty (3) Children (2) Community justice (1) Corporate (5) Dementia (1) Diet (8) Drugs (4) Employment (1) Health inequality (9) Housing (1) Identify cost effective actions (1) Identify effective actions (1) Immunisation (2) Income (4) Mental health (1) Minimum unit pricing (2) Monitoring and evaluation (1) Needs assessment (1) Obesity (3) Physical activity (2) Place (1) Place standard (3) Poverty (3) Power (1) Public health (1) Right to health (1) Smoking (8) Suicide (4) Young people (1) Showing 82 results Response to the report from the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights 24 May 2019 Poverty We welcome the prominence that Professor Alston’s report brings to the ‘severe toll on physical and mental health’ of poverty in the UK today. In particular, we welcome recogn... Impact of in-premise marketing on consumer purchasing and consumption of food 20 May 2019 Today we published a rapid evidence review on the impact of in-premise marketing on consumer purchasing and consumption of food and drink. In Scotland today two out of three a... Collective Action to Eradicate Child Poverty 15 May 2019 Child poverty Commenting on the latest statistics published by End Child Poverty today, Kerry McKenzie, NHS Health Scotland’s Organisational Lead for Child Poverty, said: “As an organisatio... Final Delivery Plan 15 May 2019 Corporate Health inequality Today we publish our final Delivery Plan as we prepare to become part of Public Health Scotland in April 2020. Our plan will lead us through a period of significant organisati... Use and Misuse of Drugs in Scotland: Joint submission to the UK Parliament Scottish Affairs Committee inquiry 06 May 2019 Drugs The Scottish Affairs Committee will this week begin hearing oral evidence as part of its inquiry into the use and misuse of drugs in Scotland. Together with NHS Health Scotlan... Minimum Unit Pricing for alcohol: one year on 01 May 2019 Alcohol Today marks the first anniversary of Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) legislation coming into force in Scotland. Alcohol harm is a significant public health issue, and people in our... Action to address poor and unequal health in Scotland 24 Apr 2019 Identify cost effective actions Health inequality Our report out today shows the importance of action to address the fundamental causes of poor and unequal health in Scotland. We found that actions that redistribute income (a... Immunise Scotland on Twitter 12 Mar 2019 Immunisation Immunise Scotland has become the latest NHS Health Scotland work programme to join Twitter. @NHSImmuniseScot will provide topical and timely information on the vaccines offere... NHS Health Scotland welcomes Food Standards Scotland 'Upsizing' campaign 05 Mar 2019 Diet NHS Health Scotland welcomes the Food Standards Scotland (FSS) campaign to raise awareness of the impact of ‘upsizing’ on levels of over overweight and obesity in Scotland. S... Stalling life expectancy is a warning light for public health in Scotland 08 Feb 2019 Health inequality Two reports out today show that the increase in life expectancy that has shown steady progress in Scotland since the Second World War, has now stalled and that health inequali... First Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next Last
