Health
A Scotland where everybody thrives: Public Health Scotland’s strategic plan 2022 to 2025
Author / Creator: Public Health Scotland
Media type: Report
Date published: 2022
Specifically, we want to see life expectancy in Scotland start to improve again. We
want to see the difference in life expectancy between the poorest and wealthiest
areas get smaller
NHS in Scotland 2023
Author / Creator: Auditor General
Media type: Report
Date published:
The Scottish Government needs to develop a clear national strategy for health and social care to address the pressures on services.
Scottish constitution should include the right to free healthcare
Author / Creator: Jim Stamper
Media type: Newspaper article
Date published:
IT was hugely significant that the auditor general recently reported that poor mental health cost the Scottish economy £8.8 billion in 2019.
Sorted. A handbook for a better Scotland
Author / Creator: Commonweal
Media type: book
Date published: 2022
'Sorted' is a vision for a shared future in an independent Scotland. A future which puts all of us first. It looks at what's possible and describes how we can make independence and Scotland successful.
Time to shake up Scotland
Author / Creator: John McLaren
Media type: Article
Date published:
There is a lack of critical scrutiny of key policy areas in the Scottish Government's control.
Rebuilding Scotland: an independent nation reflecting our shared values on wellbeing
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Date published: 2021
a wellbeing economic approach the only way to build a resilient, fairer and more successful society and save the planet
Scotland won’t prosecute personal possession of class A drugs, but outdated laws prevent deeper reforms
Author / Creator: Rick Lines
Media type: News Media
Date published:
The drug-related death crisis is not only a Scottish problem but one for politicians across all four nations. If the government wants to save lives, it must reform our harmful laws, beginning with the Misuse of Drugs Act.
Where does Scotland’s wealth go?
Author / Creator: Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp
Media type: Web site
Date published: 2013
When you compare the map of where the wealth ends up with a map of where the UK’s wealth is generated, the union drains wealth from Scotland.