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Alastair MacGilchrist: no photograph is held, so the academic plate is shown instead.
Academic
Alastair MacGilchrist
Chairman of Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems
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press citations on 1 topic since 26 Oct 2026 · last quoted 27 Oct 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Alastair MacGilchrist: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Chairman of Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems
- Quoted on
- Public health & prevention
- Tracked press citations
- 4
- Most recently quoted
- 27 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 26 Oct 2026
04 The signal · where Alastair MacGilchrist sits on public health & prevention
Ranked 59= of 100 voices quoted in the press on public health & prevention, level with 26 others on 4 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
Sir Chris WhittyRegulatorChief Medical Officer for England and Chief Medical Adviser to the UK Government, Department of Health and Social Care39 - 2Anya GopfertClinicianConsultant in public health, UKHSA35
- 3
Prof Meghana PanditRegulatorDeputy Chief Executive Officer (NHS England) / Chief Executive Officer (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)17 - 59=Sean SempleAcademicProfessor, University of Stirling4
- 59=Professor Abdul RazaqAcademicDirector of Public Health for Blackburn with Darwen4
- 59=Alastair MacGilchristAcademicChairman of Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems4
- 59=Paul HunterAcademicprofessor of medicine at the University of East Anglia4
- 59=Charlotte ParkerClinicianPharmacist, LloydsPharmacy Online Doctor4
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05 On the record · press
What Alastair MacGilchrist has said
By outlet · linked articles
- heraldscotland.com1
- scotsman.com1
- scottishdailyexpress.co.uk1
- thenational.scot1
Where Alastair MacGilchrist has been quoted
- 01MSP who lost father to alcoholism slams latest figures on drink-related deathsscottishdailyexpress.co.uk · 27 Oct 2026
- 02Alcohol deaths down 3 per cent as gap between richest and poorest increasesheraldscotland.com · 27 Oct 2026
- 03Scotland's alcohol deaths fall but gap between richest and poorest growsthenational.scot · 27 Oct 2026
- 04SNP under fire for lack of action to tackle alcohol deaths as focus on tackling drugsscotsman.com · 26 Oct 2026
Verbatim
“The true toll on Scotland's health is far greater and preventing alcohol harm must be treated as a priority across the whole health service.”
“The true toll on Scotland's health is far greater and preventing alcohol harm must be treated as a priority across the whole health service.”
“The true toll on Scotland's health is far greater and preventing alcohol harm must be treated as a priority across the whole health service.”
“We know what works. Minimum unit pricing has saved lives, but it must keep pace with inflation and it cannot do the job alone.”
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