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  • Needle Exchange Surveillance Initiative (NESI) 13 August 2024

    • 13 August 2024
    • Publications
    • Conditions and diseases
    • Drugs

    This report presents the results of the Needle Exchange Surveillance Initiative (NESI). The aim of NESI is to measure and monitor the prevalence of blood borne viruses and injecting risk behaviours among people who inject drugs in Scotland.

  • Scotland’s new life-saving Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccination programme begins

    • 12 August 2024
    • News stories
    • Immunisations

    With Scotland’s new Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccine programme having begun, Public Health Scotland is encouraging those eligible to get vaccinated.

  • Public Health Scotland Operating Plan 2024

    • 12 August 2024
    • Publications
    • Corporate information

    The Public Health Scotland Operating Plan 2024 covers the period from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2027 and includes all work that we expect to deliver.

  • COVID-19 weekly seroprevalence for Scotland

    • 09 August 2024
    • Content pages
    The serology workstream aims to estimate the proportion of people who have antibodies to coronavirus – this is known as the seroprevalence – in the general population of Scotland...
  • Viral respiratory diseases (including influenza and COVID-19) in Scotland surveillance report 8 August 2024

    • 08 August 2024
    • Publications
    • Population health
    About this release Public Health Scotland (PHS) continue to consider timely ways to provide the public with official statistics. Between April and October 2024, Public Health...
  • Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy activity 8 August 2024

    • 08 August 2024
    • Publications
    • Cancer

    This release by Public Health Scotland (PHS) reports on systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT) activity across NHS services in Scotland. Treatment activity includes the weekly number of appointments and the monthly and annual number of appointments and patients receiving treatment.

  • Laboratory reports of norovirus in Scotland - Up to week ending 4 August 2024

    • 08 August 2024
    • Publications
    • Conditions and diseases

    This report presents provisional information on laboratory reports of norovirus in Scotland compared to the same time last year and the average for the same time period of the previous five years.

  • Flu education pack

    • 08 August 2024
    • Publications
    • Immunisations

    The resources listed below make up the flu education pack. They have been developed to help school staff support the National Flu Immunisation Programme. The resources are aimed at pupils in primary and secondary school and their parents/carers. These resources provide information about the flu vaccine and highlight the importance of getting vaccinated against flu.

  • Flu vaccine resources for preschool children

    • 07 August 2024
    • Publications
    • Immunisations

    The resources listed below make up the pre-school flu resources. They have been developed to help pre-school/nursery staff support the National Flu Immunisation Programme.

  • What to expect after the child flu vaccine 2024

    • 06 August 2024
    • Publications
    • Immunisations

    A leaflet describing what to expect after the child flu vaccine.