The Scottish Government

Health Improvement Targets for 2008

• Reduce mortality from Coronary Heart Disease among the under 75s in deprived areas.
• 80% of all three to five year old children to be registered with an NHS dentist by 2010/11.
• Achieve agreed completion rates for child healthy weight intervention programme by 2010/11.
• Achieve agreed number of screenings using the setting-appropriate screening tool and appropriate alcohol brief intervention, in line with SIGN 74 guidelines by 2010/11.
• Reduce suicide rate between 2002 and 2013 by 20%, supported by 50% of key frontline staff in mental health and substance misuse services, primary care, and accident and emergency being educated and trained in using suicide assessment tools/ suicide prevention training programmes by 2010.
• Through smoking cessation services, support 8% of your Board's smoking population in successfully quitting (at one month post quit) over the period 2008/9 - 2010/11.
• Increase the proportion of new-born children exclusively breastfed at 6-8 weeks from 26.6% in 2006/07 to 33.3% in 2010/11.