SARN News

The Scottish Government has published the draft of the drug and alcohol strategy, called All Together Now: our strategy to address the harms of alcohol and drugs in Scotland. The draft strategy is open for comments and feedback by partners and stakeholders, with the deadline of Friday 5 October. The PDF of the draft strategy and information on how to contribute to...

The European Alcohol Policy Conference, hosted in Edinburgh on 20-21 November 2018, is a great opportunity for SARN members to get involved with researchers, government representatives and third sector organisations from all over Europe. The organisers have announced a call for poster presentations, covering six topics: Justice Health Gender Economics Youth Recovery How to submit your poster proposal The deadline...

Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and the Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) are pleased to organise the lunchtime ‘Alcohol Occasional’ seminars. These showcase innovative research on alcohol use and provide the chance for researchers, practitioners and policy makers and members of the public to hear and discuss alcohol related topics, over lunch in the historic Royal College of...

The Glasgow Caledonian University Research Week took place between 14th and 19th of June, which focused on research that has the potential to make significant changes in the world and address the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As part of this focus, and addressing Goal 3 (Good Health and Well-being), an event on alcohol and gender, entitled “Women, Men and Alcohol...

The latest data on alcohol has been published by The Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland’s Alcohol Strategy (MESAS). The report includes key indicators on alcohol for Scotland, including sales data, price and affordability, self-reported consumption, and harm. The full report and additional files are available here. 

Alcohol Focus Scotland has worked with the Centre for Research on Environment, Society and Health (CRESH) at the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, to provide further evidence of the links between alcohol availability and harm in Scotland.  Previous research carried out by CRESH in 2014 found a positive relationship between alcohol availability and harm across Scotland.  An updated analysis was...

The Love Your Liver campaign aims to raise awareness of risk factors, prevent liver disease and improve early diagnosis. This event gives people a chance to take an online screener and if the results indicate a high risk, we may be able to offer a non-invasive liver check with a Fibroscan machine. During April, the British Liver Trust is organising events...

Following the successful Alcohol CPD courses held in 2014-2017; the line-up for the 2018 course is now announced, featuring some exciting new inputs. The CPD course is organised by the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, led by Dr Niamh Fitzgerald and will this year be held in Bath 11-13 September, 2018. The course is aimed at anyone wishing to gain an...

On 21 March, researchers from Glasgow Caledonian University and University of Stirling, Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP), and the Institute for Alcohol Studies (IAS) organised an event in the Scottish Parliament on alcohol and gender. The event was hosted by MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton, who noted in his welcome speech that Scotland has an “unhealthy relationship with alcohol”. Whilst...

SHAAP/SARN ‘Alcohol Occasionals’ 2017-2018 Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and the Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) are pleased to organise the lunchtime ‘Alcohol Occasional’ seminars. These showcase innovative research on alcohol use and provide the chance for researchers, practitioners and policy makers and members of the public to hear and discuss alcohol related topics, over lunch in the...

SHAAP/SARN ‘ALCOHOL OCCASIONAL’ LUNCHTIME SEMINARS 2017-2018 CALL FOR PROPOSALS: ‘ALCOHOL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE’ Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and the Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) are proud to support the free lunchtime ‘Alcohol Occasional’ seminars which showcase new and innovative research on alcohol use. All of the seminars are run in conjunction with and held at the Royal...