Swinney urged to act in bid to reverse near-record alcohol deaths

Charities urge John Swinney to act in bid to reverse near-record alcohol deaths

More than 70 organisations have joined forces to call on the Scottish Government to take urgent action to tackle the near-record high number of…

Swinney urged to act in bid to reverse near-record alcohol deaths

More than 70 organisations have joined forces to call on the Scottish Government to take urgent action to tackle the near-record high number of alcohol deaths.

Scottish Government must act 'urgently' on alcohol deaths, more than 70 organisations warn

Numerous charities have called for ministers to do more

Time to urgently target liver disease, campaigners tell Scottish Government - Drink and Drugs News

The Scottish Government needs to urgently prioritise the early detection and treatment of liver disease, says a call to action from more than 70 organisations.

Optimism as alcohol deaths level-off for third year in a row after minimum unit pricing enters fourth year but media try to scare us with out-of-date figures before a fall anticipated this year

Professor John Robertson OBA Specially plucked out by the Reporting Scotland team and other MSM, not on their website, the above carefully selected statistic – an increase of jut ONE and not the trend they hope to imply. Looking at the other media reports we see they’re based on the 2023 data reported by the National Records of Scotland published in September 2024.1 We won’t have the 2024 data until September 2025. Here’s the trend: There were 1…