Dear Dr Gulhane, Thank you for your letter of 3 July regarding publications about the impact of minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol in Scotland. You raised concerns about the communication of Public Health Scotland’s (PHS) evaluation of the MUP policy, which concluded in a final report published in June (that synthesized evidence from a […]
Dear Sir Robert, I am writing to request a review of the Public Health Scotland report ‘Evaluating the impact of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland: A synthesis of the evidence’ and the associated publicity and ministerial statements. It purports to be “the final report from the PHS evaluation of minimum unit pricing for […]
Dear Sir David, Misleading statistics used by the Scottish Government for Test and Protect I write to you regarding the above matter. Following media reports this weekend, I am deeply concerned to learn that the Scottish Government has been publishing Test and Protect figures that significantly overestimate its performance in meeting the World Health Organisation’s […]
Dear Ms Baillie, Thank you for your letter of 27 September regarding your concerns over the use of Test and Protect statistics by Scottish Government. Scottish Government should be clearer about the limitations in comparing figures for Scotland (published by Public Health Scotland) with the World Health Organization target for contact tracing. Ed […]