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  • The real impact of research collaboration on blood borne viruses

    • 30 May 2022
    • Blog posts
    • Drugs
    • Health protection
    • Pharmacy and prescribing
    • Sexual health

    In this blog post, Professor Sharon Hutchinson and Dr Andrew McAuley from Public Health Scotland reflect on the collaborative approach to preventing blood borne viruses among people who inject drugs in Scotland, which has gained international recognition through a Real Impact Award.

  • Health information for all: creating an easy read Ready Steady Baby

    • 24 February 2022
    • Blog posts
    • Pregnancy and early years

    Rose Vickridge introduces the new easy read version of Ready Steady Baby, and explains how parents with lived experience were at the centre of developing it.

  • ‘Flockdown’ - the bigger picture of bird flu

    • 03 February 2022
    • Blog posts
    • Health protection

    Professor Dominic Mellor, Consultant Veterinary Public Health discusses the recent outbreak of avian influenza that has swept across the UK and the importance of monitoring it.

  • Delivering on our priorities

    • 08 June 2022
    • Blog posts
    • Corporate information

    Angela Leitch provides an update on the work of Public Health Scotland in the past year.

  • Staying well this winter

    • 16 December 2022
    • Blog posts
    • Health protection

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

  • Bringing public health learning into your living room

    • 11 February 2022
    • Blog posts
    • Equality
    • Population health

    Following the launch of our Introduction to Public Health Learning Hub, read about our upcoming virtual learning events on how we can all contribute to building better lives for people in Scotland.

  • Settings at a higher risk of outbreaks

    • 08 December 2025
    • Publications
    • Conditions and diseases
    • Health protection

    This scabies guidance covers case and contact definitions, recommended public health actions for cases and contacts, public health considerations of scabies clinical management and outbreak identification and response.

  • Difficult diagnostic situations

    • 08 December 2025
    • Publications
    • Conditions and diseases
    • Health protection

    This scabies guidance covers case and contact definitions, recommended public health actions for cases and contacts, public health considerations of scabies clinical management and outbreak identification and response.

  • Transmission routes

    • 08 December 2025
    • Publications
    • Conditions and diseases
    • Health protection

    This scabies guidance covers case and contact definitions, recommended public health actions for cases and contacts, public health considerations of scabies clinical management and outbreak identification and response.

  • Notification

    • 08 December 2025
    • Publications
    • Conditions and diseases
    • Health protection

    This scabies guidance covers case and contact definitions, recommended public health actions for cases and contacts, public health considerations of scabies clinical management and outbreak identification and response.