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  • Life, work and mental health

    • 10 October 2024
    • Blog posts
    • Mental health
    This World Mental Health Day 2024 Graeme Stevenson, Senior Health Improvement Officer - Public Mental Health and Mel Bridgewood, Health Improvement Manager - Fair Work and...
  • Vaccines have changed the world for the better – let’s keep it up

    • 24 April 2024
    • Blog posts
    • Coronavirus (COVID-19)
    • Health protection
    • Immunisations

    In this blog, Dr Sam Ghebrehewet, Head of Vaccination and Immunisation at Public Health Scotland, reflects on this year’s World Immunisation Week theme. He also emphasises the importance of ensuring the successes in using vaccines to prevent diseases continue in the face of global challenges.

  • Why the housing crisis is also a public health emergency

    • 23 April 2024
    • Blog posts
    • Place

    In our latest blog, Emma Doyle, Organisational Lead for Housing and Homelessness at Public Health Scotland, discusses the current of a lack of affordable housing and it's impact on the  levels of people experiencing homelessness in Scotland.

  • HPV – cancers, warts and all

    • 13 December 2024
    • Blog posts
    • Cancer

    Dr Claire Cameron, Consultant in Health Protection at PHS, writes about the Human Papillomavirus Virus (HPV) and how Scotland has committed to its eradication.

  • A Scotland where everyone thrives

    • 25 September 2024
    • Blog posts
    • Corporate information

    Paul Johnston, Chief Executive of Public Health Scotland explains why a recent journey was the inspiration for his keynote speech at Scotland’s Health: The State of the Nation event on Tuesday 17 September at Dynamic Earth.

  • Taking a user-centred approach to waiting times

    • 10 December 2024
    • Blog posts
    • Waiting times

    Scott Heald, Director of Data and Digital Innovation and Head of Profession for Statistics at Public Health Scotland, discusses the importance of keeping people at the centre of data improvement.

  • Gardening safely, getting ready for Winter

    • 04 October 2024
    • Blog posts
    • Conditions and diseases

    It’s time for gardeners to begin preparing for the winter and to pack up the equipment they use over the summer months. Gardeners, especially those who are older, should take precautions against Legionnaires’ disease, which is a severe form of pneumonia caused by legionella bacteria.

  • PHS reporting of cases, hospitalisations and deaths from COVID-19 by vaccine status – Interpreting the data

    • 19 January 2022
    • Blog posts
    • Coronavirus (COVID-19)
    • Immunisations

    Dr Diane Stockton, Consultant at Public Health Scotland, explains in this blog why simple comparisons of COVID-19 rates in those who are vaccinated and unvaccinated should not be used to assess how effective a vaccine is in preventing serious health outcomes.

  • Keep Calm and CARI On

    • 10 October 2023
    • Blog posts
    • Conditions and diseases
    • Coronavirus (COVID-19)
    • Population health

    With the tail end of the year approaching, the Respiratory Team at PHS are gearing up to increase surveillance of respiratory infections across Scotland. In our latest blog, Helen Gadegaard, Healthcare Scientist Principal, tells us how the team gathers and shares this information.

  • New synthetic drugs on the RADAR

    • 24 October 2023
    • Blog posts
    • Drugs

    In this blog post, Vick Craik from the Drugs Team at Public Health Scotland, explains how the drugs market in Scotland is changing and what impact that may have on public health in Scotland.