‘Cut-price, what cost? How supermarkets can affect your chances of a healthy diet’ is the fourth in a series of reports in which the National Consumer Council (soon to become part of the new agency Consumer Focus) rates the UK’s top eight supermarkets on how they help their customers shop, cook and eat more healthily. …
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Nutrition and Addiction
A recent publication by Glasgow Addiction Services summarises the key findings from a scoping exercise looking at the nutritional care currently provided within their service. The report found that there were high levels of nutritional problems amongst service users and identified some gaps in the service, including the need for more robust nutritional screening procedures, …
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Early Years Self-evaluation Collaborative Stage One report
This report is now available to download from the Children and Young People section of the Publications Library. This report highlights the first stage of a three part pilot programme commissioned by CFHS, and led by Evaluation Support Scotland to support six groups to show the impact of their work with parents and children aged …
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Fare Choice Issue 44 now available
Issue 44 of Fare Choice, our quarterly newsletter, is now available to download from the Publications Library.
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Healthy eating and active living
A new action plan, ‘Healthy Eating, Active Living’, targeting obesity, poor diet and the promotion of physical exercise has been launched by the Scottish Government, highlighting an additional £40 million pounds of new funding to be provided over the next three years. The plan will have a focus on tackling health inequalities through targeted healthy …
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Equally Well
Equally Well, the report of the ministerial task force on health inequalities was launched last week by Minister for Public Health, Shona Robison. The report highlights the £1.78 billion being spent on tackling health inequalities over the next three years but recommends that this resource can deliver better outcomes by re-designing public services. This is …
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NHS Health Scotland 60th Anniversary Public Health Roadshow
To celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the NHS, Health Scotland is staging public health roadshows across Scotland’s 14 health boards. The roadshows will consist of interactive displays, a fruit machine game for children and lots of free merchandise will be given away on the day including a booklet celebrating ’60 years of health improvement’. List …
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Date for your diary
CFHS is pleased to announce that the date has been set for this year’s free annual networking conference which will be held at the Thistle Hotel, Glasgow on Tuesday 11 November. We are still in the early stages of planning this event, but further details will be available on this website in due course.
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Takeway Health: how takeaway restaurants can affect your chances of a healthy diet
The National Consumer Council (soon to become part of the new agency Consumer Focus) published an interesting report on take-aways earlier in the summer. The study looked at nutritional information available to consumers using the country’s leading take-away chains. It also looked at what information consumers would expect and how they would use it. Download …