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Here’s how we should respond to today’s PHS report predicting a 54% rise in liver disease by 2044. More prevention, more early detection.
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SACASR Stirling
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We'll be on campus
@stir.ac.uk
on 31st March for another roadshow promoting our See Beyond Scotland anti-stigma campaign! Please do come along if you're a staff/student at Stirling to find out more. We'll be based in the Atrium from 11am-3pm.
seebeyondscotland.com
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SHAAP
7 months ago
🗣️In a new blog for Community Justice Scotland, SHAAP Director
@edinburghellejayne.bsky.social
outlines the Alcohol (in)Justice report 👇
communityjustice.scot/blogs/better...
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Better support needed for people with alcohol problems in the justice system - Community Justice Scotland
Elinor Jayne, Director of Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) outlines the findings of new report Alcohol (in)Justice If there is one thing I’ve learned as SHAAP has investigated […]
https://communityjustice.scot/blogs/better-support-needed-for-people-with-alcohol-problems-in-the-justice-system/
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SHAAP
7 months ago
If a person regularly drinks more than the recommended limit of alcohol, it can damage their brain and cause their memory and ability to think clearly to get worse over time. This is known as alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD).
alcoholchange.org.uk/alcohol-fact...
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Alcohol-related brain damage | Alcohol Change UK
This page pulls together all our factsheets and publications on alcohol-related brain damage.
https://alcoholchange.org.uk/alcohol-facts/fact-sheets/alcohol-related-brain-damage
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SHAAP
7 months ago
🗓️The
#SeeBeyondScotland
campaign is back on the road! 🏢University of Stirling on March 31 🚉Glasgow’s Central Station on April 3, 10:00am-2:00pm, 🚂Edinburgh’s Waverley Station on April 4, 10:00am-2:00pm.
www.stir.ac.uk/news/2025/ma...
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Drug and alcohol campaign roadshow to hit Glasgow and Edinburgh | About | University of Stirling
Drug and alcohol campaign roadshow to hit Glasgow and Edinburgh
https://www.stir.ac.uk/news/2025/march-2025-news/drug-and-alcohol-campaign-roadshow-to-hit-glasgow-and-edinburgh/
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SHAAP
7 months ago
The World Health Organization has warned that breast cancer diagnoses are expected to surge worldwide. It's essential that people know the risks - around 1 in 10 breast cancer cases in the UK are caused by drinking alcohol 🍷 Read more here 👇
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Breast cancer diagnoses and deaths expected to surge worldwide, says WHO
Cases in UK set to rise by 21% and deaths by 42%, while globally one in 20 women will be diagnosed with disease
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/24/breast-cancer-diagnoses-deaths-surge-worldwide-who?CMP=share_btn_url
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Balance North East
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1/3 "I think a lot of women would be shocked that nearly 1 in 10 breast cancers are linked to alcohol." Specialist Breast Care Nurse Caroline Tweedie believes this is a vital message to help prevent more women developing cancer, and aid recovery from cancer.
youtu.be/wdiKgb89hEE
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Alcohol and breast cancer - A nurse's perspective
YouTube video by BalanceNE
https://youtu.be/wdiKgb89hEE
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Very useful reminder of the huge variations in alcohol harm across the UK. Thanks Colin.
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enlighten
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Hepatologist & chair of
@shaapalcohol.bsky.social
,
@alastairmacg.bsky.social
, has written an important contribution to our
#NHS2048
discussion. Read his full article here:
www.reformscotland.com/nhs2048/alco...
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enlighten
8 months ago
"Alcohol kills over 1200 Scots per year. That is 3 times as many as when I entered the NHS in 1979!"
@alastairmacg.bsky.social
from
@shaapalcohol.bsky.social
writes on the need to reduce alcohol harm for
#NHS2048
www.reformscotland.com/nhs2048/alco...
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Reducing the burden of alcohol harm to help the beleaguered NHS is a ‘no brainer’. Holyrood needs to rediscover the political will to overcome the alcohol industry lobby and introduce effective public health measures. Here’s a blog about that…..
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Alcohol and the future of the NHS: part of the problem and part of the solution - Alastair MacGilchrist - Reform Scotland
There has been much said about how to deal with the challenges facing the NHS in Scotland. An oft-repeated mantra is that we need to focus more on prevention,
https://www.reformscotland.com/nhs2048/alcohol-and-the-future-of-the-nhs-part-of-the-problem-and-part-of-the-solution-alastair-macgilchrist/
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SHAAP
8 months ago
📻 📺 SHAAP director Elinor Jayne will be on BBC Radio Scotland today at 11.30am to discuss the letter, and SHAAP Chair Dr Alastair MacGilchrist will be on BBC Scotland News and STV News to discuss our call for action.
www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/art...
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Urgent action needed to tackle alcohol emergency, ministers warned
Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems and Alcohol Focus Scotland accused the Government of lacking ambition in plans to cut alcohol deaths.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-14350899/Urgent-action-needed-tackle-alcohol-emergency-ministers-warned.html
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SHAAP
8 months ago
📢 Last week, SHAAP and
@alcoholfocus.bsky.social
wrote to the Health Secretary urging the Scottish Government to tackle Scotland’s alcohol emergency, as we have not seen the ambition nor urgency required to address the scale of the problem. Read the full letter:
shaap.org.uk/news/441-sha...
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SHAAP and Alcohol Focus Scotland call for urgent action to tackle alcohol crisis
Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP)
https://shaap.org.uk/news/441-shaap-and-alcohol-focus-scotland-call-for-urgent-action-to-tackle-alcohol-crisis.html
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