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Lovetta Williams, Organisational Lead for Workforce Development, encourages people working in the public service in Scotland to learn something new in 2023 that improves practice, and helps make a difference to people’s outcomes.

In this blog, Dr Claire Cameron, Consultant in Health Protection at Public Health Scotland, reflects on this year’s World Immunisation Week theme ‘The Big Catch-Up'. She also emphasises the continued importance of vaccination to ensure more people in Scotland are protected from vaccine-preventable diseases, allowing them to live happier and healthier lives.

Now that Spring has arrived, Public Health Scotland's Director of Public Health Science, Dr Nick Phin, shares some top tips on the things we can do to help keep ourselves well, particularly as we spend more time outdoors.

Today we celebrate the beginning of Clinical Audit Awareness Week. It is widely accepted that good, accurate and robust data are necessary to allow NHS Boards to make decisions based on credible evidence and fact. Our colleagues across the NHS rely on the information provided by the SNAP to make decisions about how they manage their services.

Public Health Scotland has published a rapid assessment on the health impacts of the rising cost of living. Margaret Douglas, Consultant in Public Health, discusses what this could mean for the long term health of communities in Scotland and what can be done to ease the impact.

Minimising the risks from bird flu (avian influenza) If you’ve been walking along Scotland’s coastlines recently, particularly in the north and east, you might have seen a number of dead birds on the beaches.

Cases of STIs are rising in sexually active adults in Scotland. In this blog, Dr Kirsty Roy emphasises the importance of having safer sex.

With the WHO declaring a recent rise in mpox cases in Central and Eastern Africa a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, Dr Kirsty Roy and Dr Kate Smith, explain more about the current international situation and what's being done to prepare for any cases in Scotland.

Now that Winter has arrived, Kim Marsh, interim Viral Pathogens Lead at Public Health Scotland, reflects on the work we do to monitor flu and other respiratory viruses. Kim also shares some top tips on the things we can do to help keep ourselves and others well during the winter season.

In our latest blog, Professor Dominic Mellor, Consultant in Veterinary Public Health, provides an update on the ongoing outbreak of bird flu that has swept across the globe and offers helpful advice to both the public and those who keep birds that can help minimise the risk of the virus being spread.