The man in charge of Scotland's biggest police force will this week demand action to help Scots change their relationship with alcohol.

Stephen House, Chief Constable at Strathclyde Police, will use his keynote speech at a summit on alcohol being held at the City Chambers on Wednesday to call on an increased focus on changing the culture surrounding drinking.

The event will bring together police, alcohol support groups and the NHS.

Other speakers will include Dr Evelyn Gillan, the Chief Executive of Alcohol Focus Scotland; Linda De Caestecker, Director of Public Health for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde; and Dr Michael Murray from the group Medics Against Violence.

Glasgow councillor Stephen Curran, Ayrshire councillor Peter McNamara and other senior police officers including Superintendent Grant Manders will also speak.

The aim of the summit is for groups to determine how, as a nation, we can change our relationship with alcohol.

The meeting comes a few weeks after a charity warned alcohol producers and retailers should not be involved in identifying public-health goals to inform policy.

Alcohol Focus Scotland said there was an "obvious conflict of interest" for such firms, and therefore their involvement should be limited.

The comments were contained in a written submission to Holyrood's Health Committee scrutinising the Scottish Government's proposals to introduce a minimum unit price for alcohol.