This document has been developed as a key component of 'A Public Health Microbiology Strategy for Scotland'. It contributes to the delivery of public health priorities and reform currently being taken forward in Scotland.

This outline offers a basis from which the workforce that contributes to public health microbiology can develop local planning as part of wider workforce education and development planning for facilitating, delivering and evaluating educational activity for all staff and engage with nationally produced resources to help ensure this aspiration becomes a reality.

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Last updated: 21 March 2024
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