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In this guest blog, Elaine Caldow, Public Health Programme Lead at NHS Ayrshire and Arran and member of the Environment and Spaces for Public Health Partnership Group, discusses how our homes are central to health and wellbeing, and why it is important to look at how people living in different housing tenures used greenspace during the pandemic.

As Scotland’s national public health body, we lead and support work across Scotland to prevent disease, prolong healthy life and promote health and wellbeing ...

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PHS Director of Public Health Science, Nick Phin, shares some hints and tips on how best to look after ourselves over the festive season.

Lovetta Williams, Organisational Lead for Workforce Development, encourages people working in the public service in Scotland to learn something new in 2023 that improves practice, and helps make a difference to people’s outcomes.

In this blog post, the PHS COVID-19 Data Teams explain why we are changing how we present information on the virus, including the statistics on COVID-19 hospital admissions.

In this blog post, Vicki Craik, Public Health Intelligence Adviser and lead of the RADAR early warning drugs surveillance system at Public Health Scotland, explains how the programme works, the impact it seeks to have and how to get involved to make a difference.

In this blog post, the SNAP team explain the significance of the recently published Scottish Cardiac Audit Programme (SCAP) Interventional Report 2021/22.

In this blog, Dr Claire Cameron, Consultant in Health Protection at Public Health Scotland, reflects on this year’s World Immunisation Week theme ‘The Big Catch-Up'. She also emphasises the continued importance of vaccination to ensure more people in Scotland are protected from vaccine-preventable diseases, allowing them to live happier and healthier lives.

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