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As part of the ongoing response to COVID-19, Public Health Scotland provides an overview of changes in health and use of healthcare services during the pandemic.

Public Health Scotland (PHS) has today published management information statistics on Discharges from NHSScotland Hospitals to Care Homes between 1 March and 31 May 2020.

Representatives from across Scotland’s housing sector will join a virtual webinar, hosted by the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA), on the impact of childhood adverse experiences (ACEs) and trauma within the housing sector on 28th October.

Public Health Scotland and Transport Scotland have today published a report on the changing patterns of transport use during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Update on the First Minister's statement advising against non-essential travel to very high or high alert areas under England’s new three-tier system

This year the vaccine is being offered to more people than ever to address the additional risk posed by COVID-19.

The Challenge Poverty Week campaign led by The Poverty Alliance, is an opportunity for all of us to reinforce our contributions to reducing poverty and to help address a key driver of inequalities in Scotland.

Our daily COVID-19 dashboard now has several additional features which allow data to be presented in a more accessible and meaningful way.

COVID-19 has had a huge impact on life in Scotland and understanding how many people have had the virus, particularly those working in an education setting doing a variety of roles, and how this changes over time will inform the measures taken to limit risk and strengthen the ongoing pandemic response. The COVID-19 Antibody Survey in education Staff (CASS), launching today, will help identify the proportion of people working in an education setting in Scotland who have had coronavirus by testing for antibodies in their blood.

Public Health Scotland has launched its first strategic plan.