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PHS Board papers for 7 September 2022.

Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) came into effect in May 2018, setting a minimum price of 50 pence per unit of alcohol sold in Scotland. Public Health Scotland is conducting a comprehensive, independent evaluation of the evidence of the effects of MUP. Minimum Unit Pricing is an intervention with a complex range of potential effects, and a complex range of factors that may moderate those effects. This protocol describes how we are synthesising the evidence about the effects of MUP. The protocol sets out the context of the evaluation, justifies the methods used and sets out the steps involved.

Our briefing paper outlines housing strategies and plans that local authorities produce. It highlights opportunities for health professionals to engage with these plans and strategies. This is to maximise the contribution these plan and strategy documents can make to good health and reducing health inequalities. Please note this publication is branded as NHS Health Scotland and may be out dated. It is now managed by Public Health Scotland.

The Annual Report and Accounts provides information to highlight our purpose, the key risks to the achievement of our objectives and how we have performed during the year.

This is the 5th in our series of inequality briefings. It focuses on the role that good-quality housing can play in improving health and wellbeing and reducing health inequalities. Please note this publication is branded as NHS Health Scotland and may be out dated. It is now managed by Public Health Scotland.

This is a clinical guidance document for clinicians and prescribers to aid decision-making and cost-sensitive prescribing.

These posters are resources for community settings. They can be printed out to display details of winter vaccine drop-in clinics across Scotland.

Monitoring the impacts on health and health inequalities of the economic downturn and changes to the social security system.

This paper describes a public health approach and highlights the actions and conditions required to prevent violence against women and girls (VAWG). We explore the necessary steps to create a climate of prevention around VAWG issues and the opportunities to collaborate across sectors and with communities to create a fuller understanding of prevention approaches.