Search

Public Health Scotland (PHS) has today launched a new strategy which presents a digital ambition to deliver a world-class public health system for a Scotland where everybody thrives.

Yesterday (31 October 2021) marked the opening of COP26 – the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, hosted in Glasgow.

Angiolina Foster CBE was today announced as the new Chair of the Public Health Scotland Board. Ms Foster will take up the role on 1 September 2021.

Public Health Scotland (PHS) has collaborated with Higher Education Institutions to create a comprehensive repository for COVID-19 Research in Scotland

Today marks the start of Mental Health Awareness Week, which recognises the positive impact of nature on mental health and wellbeing.

As part of our role in protecting health, PHS supports the management of zoonotic disease outbreaks such as avian influenza. Our latest blog discusses the importance of monitoring the outbreak to keep both people and birds safe.

COVID-19 has had a huge impact on life in Scotland and understanding how many people have had the virus, particularly those working in an education setting doing a variety of roles, and how this changes over time will inform the measures taken to limit risk and strengthen the ongoing pandemic response. The COVID-19 Antibody Survey in education Staff (CASS), launching today, will help identify the proportion of people working in an education setting in Scotland who have had coronavirus by testing for antibodies in their blood.

As part of the ongoing response to COVID-19, Public Health Scotland provides an overview of changes in health and use of healthcare services during the pandemic.

Updated analysis of the impact of COVID-19 displays firmer evidence of increased risks of serious illness in those of South Asian origin.

New analysis from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) today of deaths registered up to 14 June shows that deaths among people from the South Asian ethnic group were almost twice as likely to involve COVID-19 than deaths in the White ethnic group.