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

Published 12 February 2022 The Mental Health Benchmarking project was set up to support the improvement of mental health services by using a range of comparative information to...

Whilst air pollution levels in Glasgow have been reducing, harmful nitrogen dioxide(NO2) are still being recorded in our city centre at levels that do not meet the legal requirements. Glasgow's LEZ is being introduced to further reduce levels of harmful vehicle emissions.

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.

Communities and population groups across Scotland are affected by inequalities. In Scotland, all public services are responsible for ensuring the services they deliver are inclusive.

The longer days of summer provide us that extra opportunity to spend time outdoors which benefits our physical and mental health. Public Health Scotland's (PHS) Director of Public Health Science, Dr Nick Phin, blogs about how to keep ourselves and each other safe while we make the most of the summer months.

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

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.