Publications

CAIR measure: Food, fluid and nutrition – Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) score...

A leaflet explaining the vaccinations offered under the Scottish Vaccination and Immunisation Programme.

About this release This weekly release by Public Health Scotland presents epidemiological information on respiratory infection activity, including COVID-19, across Scotland. As...

This report presents provisional information on laboratory reports of norovirus in Scotland compared to the same time last year and the average for the same time period of the previous five years.

Climate change directly and indirectly harms health and wellbeing, widening existing inequalities. Climate action is an opportunity to deliver co-benefits for population health, wellbeing and equity. This document sets out 41 high-level actions across three focus areas that PHS will take from 2023 through to 2026. These actions aim to place population health, wellbeing and equity at the heart of climate action and embed climate action in all PHS’s work to improve and protect population health and reduce inequalities.

The screening pathway and frequently asked questions have been developed for health professionals to support the AAA programme.

This document provides guidance on the scope of the Psychological Therapies and Interventions Waiting Times Standard for staff that are employed by Health Boards (NHS) and who deliver psychological therapies and interventions through Health and Social Care Partnerships (H&SCP) and hospitals. The Standard states that 90% of people should start psychological treatment or intervention within 18 weeks of referral. This document sets out what constitutes psychological therapies and interventions (by services, teams, individuals, or digitally), defines the clock start and clock stop times and specifies how the waiting time from referral to treatment start (RTT) is to be calculated and reported to Public Health Scotland for publication.

The Scottish Government commissioned Public Health Scotland (PHS) to carry out a review of smoking cessation services and make recommendations for the delivery of services going forward.

This release presents data on confirmed HIV diagnoses and access to HIV treatment and care in Scotland.

Reporting on two waiting times standards used to measure how long patients have waited for their first cancer treatment: performance against the 62-day and 31-day waiting time standard​