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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.

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.

Georgie Stuart talks about the importance of active travel for the climate and for physical and mental health.

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.

Andrew Gasiorowski, Principal Information Development Manager from PHS’s Geospatial team and Alba Rozalen Gonzalez, Senior Health Improvement Officer from our Climate and Sustainable Environments team, talk about a recent PHS report on Greenspace and how the data can be used to create benefit for the environment and people’s health.

Guest blog contributor and Chief Executive of the Cyrenians homeless charity, Ewan Aitken, tells us about the current housing crisis in Scotland and how taking a public health approach can be part of the solution

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.

Dr Fiona Scott, Public Health Registrar at NHS Tayside joined Public Health Scotland (PHS) for a year to work on the health impact assessment of community wealth building. Here, she reflects on the importance of the economy for health in local communities.

In this blog post, the SNAP team explain the significance of the recently published Scottish Cardiac Audit Programme (SCAP) Interventional Report 2021/22.

This guest blog by Julie Procter, Chief Executive of greenspace scotland and Chair of the Environment and Spaces for Public Health Partnership Group explores our use of greenspace during the pandemic and implications for health and wellbeing.