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Updates on a number of topic areas from allergies to drugs in prisons

How long patients wait for a first clinical appointment for MSK services

Data on prescribing activity in the community.

This is the sixth report on residential rehabilitation within the monitoring and evaluation programme led by Public Health Scotland. The report presents information on the number of alcohol and drug partnership statutory funded placements, with estimated costs, that were approved between 1 April 2021 and 31 December 2022.

Pharmaceutical care services provision by community pharmacies

This release by Public Health Scotland (PHS) presents performance against the National Upper GI Quality Performance Indicators (QPIs) in the Cancer QPIs dashboard held within the Scottish Cancer Registry and Intelligence Service (SCRIS).

Today, Public Health Scotland (PHS) and The Lancet publish new evidence showing the impact of alcohol minimum unit pricing (MUP) on deaths and hospital admissions attributable to alcohol consumption.

We used a natural experimental study design to look at the impact of MUP on deaths and hospital admissions caused wholly or partially by alcohol consumption in Scotland. We used data for England as the main geographical control group. Data for English regions was used in sensitivity analyses.

This report collates existing research on changes in alcohol consumption and related health harms in Scotland, England and the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Social media assets and suggested captions to help spread our message about mpox (monkeypox) and the vaccine which helps to reduce transmission.