Improving Scotland's Health
This Cross-party group's purpose:
To take a solutions-oriented focus on how to improve the health of the people of Scotland primarily by reducing the health harms caused by alcohol, tobacco, poor diet and obesity and
To join up knowledge and learning, and to identify positive ways forward, with a range of stakeholders committed to improving public health and to preventing and reducing non-communicable diseases for the next generation.
Next meeting
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
This meeting will be held virtually at 12.30pm and will include the AGM. Anyone wishing to attend must contact Anna Cowan.Get in touch
If you want to get in touch, you can contact Sheila Duffy
Address:
Email: [email protected]
Involved in the group
MSPs, individuals and organisations who participate in and support this group.
Current Members
Foysol Choudhury
Co-Convener
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Lothian (Region)
Emma Harper
Co-Convener
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: South Scotland (Region)
Brian Whittle
Co-Convener
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: South Scotland (Region)
Miles Briggs
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Lothian (Region)
Alex Cole-Hamilton
Member
Party: Scottish Liberal Democrats
MSP for: Edinburgh Western (Constituency)
Pam Duncan-Glancy
Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Glasgow (Region)
Joe FitzPatrick
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Dundee City West (Constituency)
Audrey Nicoll
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Aberdeen South and North Kincardine (Constituency)
Non MSP Individuals
Kenneth Anderson
Laura Andre
John Iain Broom
Christina Buckton
Simon Capewell
Laurence Gruer
Colwyn Jones
Peter Rice
Sue Whittle
Organisations
Alcohol Focus Scotland - secretary
ASH Scotland - secretary
Abertay University
Addaction
Association for Nutrition
Asthma UK and British Lung Foundation Partnership
Befriending Networks
Breast Cancer Now
Breastfeeding Network
British Dietetic Association
British Heart Foundation Scotland
Big Lottery Fund Scotland
British Medical Association Scotland
Cancer Research UK
Centre for Global Development, University of Aberdeen
Changeworks
Children’s Health Scotland
Children in Scotland
Church of Scotland
COPE Scotland
Consensus Action on Salt, Sugar and Health
Crew 2000 (Scotland)
Cycling Scotland
Faculty of Public Health in Scotland
Families Outside
Fife Alcohol and Drug Partnership
Food Standards Scotland
Glasgow Caledonian University
Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity
Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (NHS)
Glasgow Council on Alcohol
Group for Research on Inequalities and Tobacco (GRIT), University of Edinburgh
The Health Agency
Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen
Homes for Scotland
The Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow
Local Licensing Forum, Argyll & Bute Council
Mental Health Foundation
Mentor Scotland
MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
NHS Lothian
NHS Tayside
Nourish Scotland
Obesity Action Scotland
Paths for All
Public Health Scotland
Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland
The Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen
Royal College of General Practitioners
Royal College of Nursing
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health Scotland
Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Royal Environmental Health institute of Scotland
Royal Pharmaceutical Society
ScotCen Social Research
Scottish Cancer Foundation
Scottish Drugs Forum
Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP)
Scottish Obesity Alliance
Scottish Public Health Network (ScotPHN)
Scottish Recovery Consortium
Support in Mind Scotland
University of Aberdeen
University of Dundee
University of Edinburgh
University of Glasgow
University of Stirling
Voluntary Health Scotland (VHS)
West Lothian Drug and Alcohol Service
Young Scot