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A Tory MSP has written to the UK statistics watchdog to complain of “misleading” Scottish Government claims relating to a report on minimum unit…
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A Tory MSP has written to the UK statistics watchdog to complain of “misleading” Scottish Government claims relating to a report on minimum unit…
Scotland’s minimum alcohol pricing has had a “positive impact on health outcomes”, according to Public Health Scotland (PHS).
A top think tanks says minimum unit pricing had 'no impact on crime, no impact on A&E attendances and no impact on the heaviest drinkers.'
Alcohol deaths fell by 13.4 because of minimum unit pricing, the evaluation by Public Health Scotland suggested.
It comes after a final evaluation of the policy found it had an overall positive impact on health.