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This resource provides senior NHSScotland staff an overview of their unique and key contributions to reducing health inequalities. It describes practical actions staff can put in place to reduce health inequalities ensuring the best attainable health outcomes for both the people and communities they serve and the staff they employ.

This paper looks at evidence on the impact of in-store marketing of high fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) food and drink on consumer behaviour.

These standards aim to ensure a fair and equal approach to the treatment of overweight and obesity for children, young people and adults across weight management services in Scotland.

This publication is aimed at people working in Health and Social Care Partnerships. It describes practical actions as a way of considering health inequalities at the beginning when developing plans and priorities.

The Healthcare Retail Standard (HRS) aims to increase the amount of healthier food and drink available in the shops in hospitals and other NHS buildings in Scotland. This is an evaluation to see if it’s being adhered to and if it’s working.

This offers a scheme for assessing plans against theoretical concepts that explain the link between social factors and inequalities in health outcomes, and encourages consideration of the range of actions that might be taken.

This document was written to provide evidence to the 2013 Scottish Ministerial Task Force on Health Inequalities. It reviews the current policy and the evidence about what works to address health inequalities.

This briefing paper aims to provide an overview of the best available evidence on the impact of promotions on high fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) food and drink on consumer purchasing and consumption behaviour and the effectiveness of promotional interventions to influence consumer behaviour in a retail environment.

This report looks at the current evidence of actions that schools can take to reduce childhood overweight and obesity in Scotland.

A Public Health Scotland and Food Standards Scotland briefing paper that explores the promotion of foods high in fat, sugar or salt and describes the impact of these promotions on our health.