@alastairmacg.bsky.social
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. @shaapalcohol.bsky.social
healthandcare.scot
March 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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. @shaapalcohol.bsky.social
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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
We'll be based in the Atrium from 11am-3pm.
seebeyondscotland.com
March 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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
We'll be based in the Atrium from 11am-3pm.
seebeyondscotland.com
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🗣️In a new blog for Community Justice Scotland, SHAAP Director @edinburghellejayne.bsky.social outlines the Alcohol (in)Justice report 👇
communityjustice.scot/blogs/better...
communityjustice.scot/blogs/better...
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 […]
communityjustice.scot
March 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
🗣️In a new blog for Community Justice Scotland, SHAAP Director @edinburghellejayne.bsky.social outlines the Alcohol (in)Justice report 👇
communityjustice.scot/blogs/better...
communityjustice.scot/blogs/better...
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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...
alcoholchange.org.uk/alcohol-fact...
Alcohol-related brain damage | Alcohol Change UK
This page pulls together all our factsheets and publications on alcohol-related brain damage.
alcoholchange.org.uk
March 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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...
alcoholchange.org.uk/alcohol-fact...
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🗓️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...
🏢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...
Drug and alcohol campaign roadshow to hit Glasgow and Edinburgh | About | University of Stirling
Drug and alcohol campaign roadshow to hit Glasgow and Edinburgh
www.stir.ac.uk
March 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🗓️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...
🏢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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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...
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...
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
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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...
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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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
youtu.be/wdiKgb89hEE
Alcohol and breast cancer - A nurse's perspective
YouTube video by BalanceNE
youtu.be
February 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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
youtu.be/wdiKgb89hEE
Very useful reminder of the huge variations in alcohol harm across the UK. Thanks Colin.
Here's the geography of alcohol-specific mortality in the UK.
Such a clear North West/South East gradient, with a few notable exceptions on the South Coast. Glasgow and surrounds still have the highest rates, but Sunderland, Belfast and Blackpool aren't that far behind.
Such a clear North West/South East gradient, with a few notable exceptions on the South Coast. Glasgow and surrounds still have the highest rates, but Sunderland, Belfast and Blackpool aren't that far behind.
February 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Very useful reminder of the huge variations in alcohol harm across the UK. Thanks Colin.
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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...
February 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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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"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...
@alastairmacg.bsky.social from @shaapalcohol.bsky.social writes on the need to reduce alcohol harm for #NHS2048
www.reformscotland.com/nhs2048/alco...
February 6, 2025 at 9:27 AM
"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...
@alastairmacg.bsky.social from @shaapalcohol.bsky.social writes on the need to reduce alcohol harm for #NHS2048
www.reformscotland.com/nhs2048/alco...
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…..
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,
www.reformscotland.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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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📻 📺 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...
www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/art...
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.
www.dailymail.co.uk
February 2, 2025 at 9:51 AM
📻 📺 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...
www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/art...
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📢 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...
Read the full letter: shaap.org.uk/news/441-sha...
SHAAP and Alcohol Focus Scotland call for urgent action to tackle alcohol crisis
Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP)
shaap.org.uk
February 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
📢 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...
Read the full letter: shaap.org.uk/news/441-sha...