RCN responds to Scotland alcohol statistics

Published: 02 July 2009

The Royal College of Nursing says that urgent action is needed to reduce the rates of alcohol consumption in Scotland.  The comments were made in response to the publication of statistics on illness and death resulting from alcohol consumption in Scotland. 

Welcoming the Scottish Government proposals to lower levels of alcohol misuse and improve public health, RCN Scotland board member and member of Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems, Kate Macaulay, said:

"All of the practical measures that are being put forward by the Scottish Government must be matched by educational and health promotional work from the earliest ages right through to older adults if we are genuinely going to tackle this growing health time bomb."

Read the Information Services Division (ISD) statistics on mortality and morbidity rates, caused by alcohol consumption on the ISD Scotland website.

Further information

Go to RCN Scotland.

Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) is an independent coalition of health organisations working to reduce the negative impact of alcohol on the health and wellbeing of people in Scotland. Read more on the SHAAP website.