SCPN News

Mar 18

We held a Kitchen Table Talk!

The Scottish Food Coalition is inviting people from across Scotland to get together for Kitchen Table Talks to discuss the future of food in Scotland. The Scottish Government will soon introduce a ‘Good Food Nation Bill’ and they want this legislation to be a chance for everyone to shape Scotland’s food system. The purpose of ...

Mar 18

Healthy Staff Awards

We had a great day on Monday 5th February celebrating World Cancer Day with our #WeCanICan conference. Held in Edinburgh, we had well over a hundred delegates gather to hear the experts present the latest evidence and practice to help the people of Scotland prevent cancer. If you weren’t able to join us you can […]

Feb 18

Time is running out

Hello! I wonder if I might ask for your help ? For the last few years we have been building the Scottish Cancer Prevention Network to distribute our newsletter and emails about what is happening in the world of cancer prevention and lifestyle in people who have had a cancer diagnosis. We value all of […]

Jan 18

A HEALTHIER FUTURE – ACTION AND AMBITIONS ON DIET, ACTIVITY AND HEALTHY WEIGHT

The SCPN response to the Scottish Government’s consultation document A HEALTHIER FUTURE – ACTION AND AMBITIONS ON DIET, ACTIVITY AND HEALTHY WEIGHT Are you responding as an individual or an organisation? Organisation Full name or organisation’s name: Scottish Cancer Prevention Network The Scottish Cancer ...

Jan 18

Scottish Cancer Prevention Network Bursary

As the doctors of tomorrow you are the future in cancer prevention. As many of you may know, the Scottish Cancer Prevention Network (SCPN) is a group of people (health professionals, academics, lay people, charity workers) interested in getting the word out there that cancer is not just down to fate or bad luck, and […]

Jan 18

SCPN Australian elective report

This report was written by Ehsan Salim, a 4th year medical student at the University of Dundee, on his experiences during his period of elective study in Melbourne, Australia in Summer 2017. We were delighted to support Ehsan by awarding him the 2017 SCPN student bursary. For my junior elective this year I went to […]

Oct 17

The SCPN Survey is out…

We recently sent all our members a link to our annual survey in which you can help to shape the activities of the SCPN. We really do listen to your opinions so please take a few minutes to have your say (the average completion time is 4 minutes) https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/thescpnfeedback

Oct 17

£500 prize for health promotion video

Do you have a health promotion activity for the staff in your health board area that you would like to showcase? As a network which aims to promote a healthy lifestyle to lower the risk of cancer, we are keen to engage with those who can put opportunities in place to facilitate healthy individual behaviours. […]

Oct 17

#Kettlecise on Tour

The SCPN team had an exciting phone call from Ruth Wilson, Business Development Manager, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust recently. She had been following our campaign, #kettlecise, on Twitter and wanted to use our text and images to make up resources to support health promotion in her hospital. Ruth intends to ...

Oct 17

Art and Design Prize 2017

We are delighted to announce Ibrahim Karim and Erin Docherty as this year’s recipients of the SCPN Art and Design prize for Creative Communication. Both third year students at Duncan of Jordanstone Art College, Dundee; ‘Dougal the Dog’ was created as part of their third year project on cancer prevention. Research shows that ...