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A new Health and Justice Programme has been established in Public Health Scotland (PHS) to support the delivery of PHS’s vital initiative of ‘delivering impactful justice and health’. This document discusses the programme’s background and states its vision, aims and scope.

This letter provides an update on the evaluation of Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) for alcohol. It was sent to the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee of the Scottish Parliament in June 2022.

This is the safety data sheet for the sample solution used in the swabbing kits for the Community Acute Respiratory Infection (CARI) surveillance programme.

This document explains the way the RADAR programme collects, stores and uses information, including reports and contact details.

This study looks at the impact of Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) for alcohol that came into effect in Scotland in 2018. This document describes our statistical analysis approach to evaluating the impact of MUP on deaths and hospital admissions caused wholly or partially by alcohol consumption in Scotland.

Systems-based approaches are increasingly being used when responding to complex public health issues such as reducing inactivity and increasing population levels of physical activity. A systems-based approach involves applying systems thinking, methods and practice to better understand public health challenges and identify collective actions. This report provides a pragmatic systems-based approach to physical activity that can be applied strategically at a national and local level.

This report and briefing paper look at the impact of minimum unit pricing for alcohol (MUP) on alcohol sales in Scotland after three years of implementation.

This report covers the complaints and feedback received by Public Health Scotland in the year 2022/23. The report summarises what action has been taken to improve our products or services as a result of feedback, concerns or complaints received over the year.

This report evaluates the effect of minimum unit pricing for alcohol (MUP) on the price and range of alcohol products in the Scottish retail off-trade and wholesale sectors.

PHS Board papers for 23 November 2022.