Scottish Ministerial Advisory Committee on Alcohol Problems
The Scottish Ministerial Advisory Committee on Alcohol Problems is a Departmental advisory committee chaired by Tom McCabe, the Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care. The Committee meets 3 or 4 times a year. They "Advise the Scottish Executive on policy, priorities and strategic planning in relation to tackling alcohol misuse in Scotland." [1]
The committee focuses on specific Scottish themes and undertakes (via the Secretariat) work on topics of particular concern or specific relevance to Scotland. It is a platform for dissemination of best practice, establishes funding priorities, identifies gaps in research.
Members
- Tom McCabe, MSP, Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care, (Chair)
- Professor Peter Donnelly, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, (Deputy Chair)
- Dr Andrew Fraser, Head of Health, Scottish Prison Service
- Jack Law, Chief Executive, Alcohol Focus Scotland
- Jean Coussins, Former Director of The Portman Group, now Director of Alcohol Education and Research Council
- Dr Charles Lind, Clinical Director of Addictions, Ayrshire and Arran NHS Trust
- Tim Huntingford, Chief Executive, West Dunbartonshire Council
- Paul Waterson, Chairman, Scottish Licensed Trade Association
- Professor Peter Brunt, Consultant Physician, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
- Cllr. Douglas Kerr, Chair, Edinburgh Licensing Board
- Ian Davidson, Community Nurse Alcohol Problems, Bangor Village Hospital
- Sheriff John P. Herald
- Dr Dean Marshall, General Practitioner
- Charles Steel, Independent Addictions Consultant
- Marcus Liddle, Chief Executive, Young Scot
- Malcolm Dickson, Assistant Chief Constable, Lothian & Borders Police
- Jacqui Watt, Executive Director - Community Services, Shetland Islands Council
- Kieran Simpson, Public Affairs Manager, Scottish & Newcastle
- Sandra Maguire, Chief Executive, Fife Alcohol Advisory Service
- Dr Laurence Gruer, Consultant in Public Medicine, NHS Health Scotland
- David Kellock, Deputy Director (Operations), Church of Scotland Board of Social Responsibility
- Dr Maggie Watts, Chair, Scottish Association of Alcohol Action Teams
