Scottish Parliament Cross Party Group on Improving Scotland’s Health

The Scottish Parliament's Cross Party Group on Improving Scotland's Health brings MSPs, academics and campaigners together. The purpose of the group is:

To take a solutions-oriented focus on how to improve the health of the people of Scotland by reducing the health harms caused by alcohol, tobacco, poor diet and obesity and
To join up knowledge and learning, and to identify positive ways forward, with a range of stakeholders committed to improving public health and to preventing and reducing non-communicable diseases for the next generation.

In its work, the group follows these principles:

Public health: population measures are most effective and cost-effective

Rights: people have a right to health and wellbeing

Prevention: avoid harm rather than treat symptoms

Inequalities: reduce impacts on the most disadvantaged

Aspirational: make a difference for the next generation

Evidence: use best evidence & theories of change

Impartial: free of commercial or vested interest

Action: identify and take practical steps