News Search news Search Filter by topic ACEs (1) Alcohol (8) Burden of disease (3) Child poverty (3) Children (3) Community justice (1) Corporate (6) Dementia (1) Diet (10) Drugs (5) Employment (1) Health inequality (11) Housing (1) Identify cost effective actions (1) Identify effective actions (1) Immunisation (2) Income (4) Mental health (2) Minimum unit pricing (3) Monitoring and evaluation (1) Needs assessment (1) Obesity (3) Physical activity (2) Place (2) Place standard (3) Poverty (3) Power (1) Public health (1) Right to health (1) Smoking (8) Suicide (5) Young people (1) Showing 94 results Response to Registrar General’s Annual Review of Demographic Trends 14 Aug 2019 Health inequality We welcome the publication of the Registrar General’s Annual Review of Demographic trends for 2018. Understanding trends in life expectancy is important because spotting chang... MUP well implemented and compliance amongst alcohol licensed premises high 01 Aug 2019 Minimum unit pricing Minimum Unit Pricing for alcohol has been implemented effectively, with compliance high amongst licensed premises in Scotland. These are the key findings of the first study fr... A deeper look at stalling life expectancy 18 Jul 2019 Health inequality Public Health Scientists from NHS Health Scotland have contributed to a paper out today which shows that mortality rates have worsened across almost all age groups against a b... Drug deaths are preventable, not inevitable 16 Jul 2019 Drugs Figures published today show the number of drug-related deaths in Scotland is the highest number ever recorded, for the fifth year in a row. In 2018, 1,187 people lost their l... Response to CYP Mental Health Task Force recommendations 11 Jul 2019 Children We welcome the publication of the recommendations put forward by the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Task Force, in particular, the recognition that there is a need... Legislative consultation on Public Health Scotland 04 Jul 2019 Corporate We need to maintain a sharp national focus on the right to health and on those experiencing the worst inequalities in the new national public health body. This is our key reco... Delivering a new standard of weight management service for everyone across Scotland 02 Jul 2019 Diet Scotland has amongst the highest rates of obesity in the developed world. This has a profound impact on health, quality of life and demand on our health services. A range of a... Suicides rates rise despite inequality gap narrowing 26 Jun 2019 Suicide Data published today shows an increase in the number of people who took their own life in 2018. Suicide remains a leading cause of early death, and whilst the figures show... MESAS Monitoring Report 2019 published 19 Jun 2019 Alcohol Today we published the 2019 MESAS Monitoring Report, as part of our on-going delivery of the Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland’s Alcohol Strategy (MESAS) programme. The repor... Regulations for Nutritional Requirements for Food and Drink in Schools published today 13 Jun 2019 Diet NHS Health Scotland welcomes new regulations on the Nutritional Requirements for Food and Drink in Schools, published today by the Scottish Government. NHS Health Scotland was... First Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next Last
