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  • Child poverty briefing

    • 16 January 2020
    • Publications
    • Children
    • Poverty

    These reports focus on child poverty in larger families. They describe the issues faced by these families and what can be done to reduce child poverty in this priority group.

  • Briefing on child poverty

    • 05 March 2019
    • Publications
    • Children
    • Poverty

    This briefing explores child poverty and its relationship to health and wellbeing.

  • Public Health Scotland delayed discharges consultation: summary of responses and actions

    • 10 March 2022
    • Publications
    • Delayed discharges

    This document provides a summary of agreed actions and proposed timescales following the National Advisory Group for Delayed Discharge Information meeting on 12 May 2021 and provides an update as at March 2022.

  • Rapid evidence review on interventions to reduce drug-related harm during transitions of care

    • 03 April 2023
    • Publications
    • Drugs

    This review describes the types of interventions used to reduce risk of drug harms, including death, among adults during transition of care and between services.

  • The COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 6 months to 11 years at higher risk in Large print

    • 12 May 2023
    • Publications
    • Coronavirus (COVID-19)
    • Immunisations

    Leaflets about the COVID-19 vaccine for eligible children aged 6 months to 11 years who are at higher risk of COVID-19 in large print.

  • Resource Allocation Formula: how it works in practice

    • 02 August 2022
    • Publications
    • Finance

    The Resource Allocation Formula is used to inform the allocation of around 70% of the total NHS budget to each of the fourteen NHS boards in Scotland.

  • CAIR submission guidance

    • 12 January 2022
    • Publications
    • Performance and monitoring

    Guidance on the data file format, data submission specifications and validations for data submitted by NHS boards to CAIR

  • A guide for people without a working spleen

    • 24 May 2023
    • Publications
    • Immunisations

    A guide for people without a working spleen.

  • PHS Opening Statement at UK COVID-19 Public Inquiry

    • 14 June 2023
    • Publications
    • Corporate information

    The UK Covid-19 Inquiry began hearing evidence for its first investigation into the UK’s preparedness and resilience for a pandemic on Tuesday 13 June 2023. Counsel representing Public Health Scotland (PHS) made an opening statement on 14 June 2023 confirming that PHS is committed to supporting and assisting the Inquiry.

  • Independent review of the Scottish Health Protection Network: Final report September 2022

    • 01 September 2022
    • Publications
    • Health protection

    Following a call for an independent review of the structure, function and deliverables of the Scottish Health Protection Network (SHPN), a review team was established to assess the effectiveness of the current structure and operation of the SHPN against its stated aims and objectives, consider whether the current structure best promotes shared ownership and joint working, undertake an inventory of current resources, and map current resource against any amended structure or ways of working to identify any gaps in resource or expertise.