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Dr Richmond Davies, Head of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care, talks to us about the new PHS trajectory tool help NHS Boards estimate the level of capacity needed to meet the demand for Neurodevelopmental Disorder (ND) assessments in children, young people and adults.

This guest blog by Julie Procter, Chief Executive of greenspace scotland and Chair of the Environment and Spaces for Public Health Partnership Group explores our use of greenspace during the pandemic and implications for health and wellbeing.

Communities and population groups across Scotland are affected by inequalities. In Scotland, all public services are responsible for ensuring the services they deliver are inclusive.

June is Gypsy, Roma, Traveller History month (GRTHM) - an opportunity to raise awareness of and celebrate Gypsy, Roma and Traveller history, culture and heritage.

Weight stigma is bias, stereotyping, bullying and discriminatory behaviour towards a person based on their body weight and size. People with higher weight can experience weight stigma and discrimination in all aspects of their lives; at school, at work, in the media, when accessing healthcare – even from those we are closest to - our friends and family.

This Infant Mental Health Awareness Week, Dr Megan Watson, Public Health Intelligence Adviser at PHS shares her reflections on the impact the pandemic has had on the mental health and wellbeing of families across Scotland.

Today (13th June) we celebrate the beginning of Clinical Audit Awareness Week. Throughout the week the Scottish National Audit Programme (SNAP) will tweet about each of the individual audits within the Programme to raise awareness of their work.

Angela Leitch provides an update on the work of Public Health Scotland in the past year.

In this blog post, Professor Sharon Hutchinson and Dr Andrew McAuley from Public Health Scotland reflect on the collaborative approach to preventing blood borne viruses among people who inject drugs in Scotland, which has gained international recognition through a Real Impact Award.

As part of Green Health Week, Bridget Finton, Policy and Advice Officer at NatureScot, guest blogs for us on what green health is, why it’s so important and what we’re doing to encourage it.