Now available! ... further evidence from marginalised drinkers affected by #Alcohol Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) in Scotland: doi.org/10.1016/j.drug…
Anne Whittaker

🗓️ On 18th March, Professor David Nutt will be explaining: “Why current drugs policies do more harm than good”, as part of the Liverpool John Moores University Faculty of Health Public Lecture Series.🙌

🎟️ Tickets available now 💊 :
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📢Save the date! Our annual conference is scheduled for 5 June 2024 in Edinburgh. More details to come!

Social housing is only a 'limited resource' because the government have made it so.

They must stop hiding behind these smokescreen proposals and actually do something that will make a difference – they need to build 90,000 social homes a year to give families a stable home. 🏡⌛️

Council tax is regressive. More so than income tax or national insurance. So what does the government consider: reducing national insurance and, in effect, force council tax to rise. Poorer people will then pay for council services rather than richer. Inequality rises. Again.

Public services have been savaged by austerity. Institute for Fiscal Studies reports that further cuts are planned. Can the Chancellor really be planning tax cuts? If so, say out loud what is being given up in order to fund increases in income for those who pay tax.

Tomorrow!!
Beyond words proud, honoured & excited.

As our #RightsInAction project makes clear - poverty is a breach of our human rights.

It's great that the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is now in Scots Law.

Now we'll work with our members and others to make those rights a reality. #UNCRC

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We know what we need to do to improve health and reduce inequalities, now we need politicians to act

In this election year, politicians must put health at the heart of all policies and give us hope for a better future Sir Michael Marmot The Michael Marmot Institute of Health Equity UCL bmj.com/content/384/bm…

The situation in the UK is deeply concerning. Health is declining and health inequalities are widening. This is not the case with other European countries. The UK's rankings have gone down since 2014. What a tragic waste of lives UCL The BMJ

🚨BREAKING NEWS: Official government stats show nearly 139,000 children are homeless in temporary accommodation.

📈 This is a record high figure and up 14% on last year.

NEW: “All benefits must increase in line with the higher costs people are facing if the government is serious about helping the worst off” Alfie Stirling ahead of the Autumn Statement.

Rishi Sunak under pressure from ministers to raise housing benefit bbc.co.uk/news/uk-673788…

The editorial team at The Guardian wrote on Sunday that tackling #destitution should be a national priority for our govt. We agree.

3.8 million people are experiencing destitution, yet the UK has the 6th largest economy in the world.

#DontIgnoreDestitution

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Taking tents away from rough sleepers - and punishing charities who give those tents out? What a cruel idea. It won't fix homelessness. It'll just make people's lives harder. Shame on you Suella Braverman MP. Sign now to get these plans scrapped: 38d.gs/aqtz

Punishing the vulnerable, not addressing the causes and getting in the way of those that care and have solutions! A measure of who we have as our leaders! We don't need to look to other shores to see abject cruelty, discrimination and deliberate harm here it is right here!

As social care vacancy rates remain above pre-pandemic levels, Lucinda Allen and Nihar Shembavnekar blog on how the problems faced by the workforce and the need for a long-term and comprehensive plan remain the same as before COVID-19.

Read the blog ⬇️

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“Significant reform of the public sector – including its workforce – is needed to protect services into the longer term.” Stephen Boyle
BMA Scotland RCN Scotland Colin Poolman Scottish Care Office of the Chief Executive NHSScotland Dr Iain Kennedy Andrew Elder RCPEdin RCGP Scotland
healthandcare.scot/stories/3629/p…

Family connection is so important; delighted we can support this in Scottish prisons 👇

'I was talking to a mother just last week whose alcohol use had escalated. She had been wanting to seek help for some time but was frightened to ask.'

New powerful blog by our campaign partners Phoenix Futures ⬇️

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#AddictionAwarenessWeek2023 #AAW2023

How can health and care services transform and overcome long-standing challenges?

Explore the new The BMJ collection in partnership with us ⬇️
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