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  • Patient Group Direction Template: Administration of inactivated influenza vaccine 2024/25 season - version 1

    • 21 August 2024
    • Publications
    • Immunisations

    This specimen Patient Group Direction template has been produced by Public Health Scotland to assist NHS Boards.

  • Updated analysis of COVID-19 outcomes by ethnic group

    • 03 March 2021
    • News stories
    • Coronavirus (COVID-19)

    Public Health Scotland has today published an updated analysis of available data on the variation in outcomes by ethnic group among those tested positive for COVID-19 throughout the pandemic.

  • Update to national respiratory infection and COVID-19 statistics

    • 05 October 2023
    • News stories
    • Conditions and diseases
    • Coronavirus (COVID-19)

    The current ‘National respiratory infection and COVID-19 statistics’ publication will be renamed the ‘Viral Respiratory Diseases (including Influenza and COVID-19) in Scotland Surveillance Report’ from 12 October.

  • Equally Safe at Work

    • 07 November 2023
    • News stories
    • Corporate information

    To support our commitment to ensuring our workplace promotes gender inclusion, Public Health Scotland has received the development accreditation for the Equally Safe at Work programme.

  • Update on respiratory diseases

    • 14 December 2023
    • News stories
    • Health protection

    Our latest viral respiratory diseases report highlights increasing circulation of flu and COVID-19 in Scotland this winter.

  • Join us in building a climate-resilient Scotland

    • 26 July 2023
    • News stories
    • Place

    PHS has today published an introductory briefing on working together to build climate-resilient, healthy and equitable places.

  • Slight increase in Legionnaires’ disease incidence in Scotland in 2022

    • 07 August 2023
    • News stories
    • Conditions and diseases

    Public Health Scotland has published the first presentation of Scottish Legionnaires’ disease data since the COVID-19 pandemic, covering the years 2017 to 2022, which shows a slight increase in cases and incidence in the most recent year.

  • PHS recognised as part of award winning HIV research team

    • 02 June 2023
    • News stories
    • Sexual health
    Joint research on HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) has been recognised as the 2023 Herald Higher Education Research Project of the Year Award. The research is led by Glasgow...
  • Improving how we communicate about health and obesity in Scotland

    • 02 March 2023
    • News stories
    • Diet and healthy weight
    Public Health Scotland (PHS) has today (2 March) published a new guide to support those communicating about health and obesity in Scotland. The guide provides practical advice to...
  • Tick awareness

    • 04 April 2023
    • News stories
    • Conditions and diseases

    The report that a probable human case of tick-borne encephalitis is likely to have been acquired in Scotland in 2022, has emphasised the importance of avoiding getting bitten by ticks.