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Public Health Scotland has, today, published a report looking at whether there was different access to, and use of, private and public greenspace during the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to housing tenure

Following the discovery of a data coding issue which led to a number of people across Scotland being mistakenly invited for a shingles or pneumococcal vaccine, Public Health Scotland (PHS) has been leading the response.

Public Health Scotland is looking for a new Chief Executive to join the organisation following the retirement of our current Chief Executive, Angela Leitch.

PHS has today published an evaluation report on the COVID-19 vaccination programme which synthesises the findings from all our evaluation activity carried out on the programme.

The newly operational Rapid Action Drug Alerts and Response (RADAR) programme, led by Public Health Scotland (PHS), published its first report today, which provides a snapshot of drug use and trends across Scotland.

Laboratory-confirmed cases of monkeypox in Scotland are unchanged at 94. Currently most cases in Scotland are in men who are gay, bisexual or have sex with men, however, anyone can get monkeypox.

This week is Scottish Women and Girls in Sport Week, marking the start of Active Girls Month. Public Health Scotland (PHS) joins partners in celebrating and promoting the strides being made across Scotland to encourage more women and girls to be active.

Public Health Scotland welcomes the launch of the new Scottish Government and COSLA Suicide Prevention Strategy and Action Plan: 'Creating Hope Together'.

Data on the winter flu and COVID-19 vaccination programme in Scotland is now available via a newly launched digital dashboard from Public Health Scotland.