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Public Health Scotland, Faculty of Public Health, Royal Society for Public Health, and Scottish Directors of Public Health, have issued a statement highlighting the urgent need to address child poverty in the UK.

With invitation letters arriving soon, Public Health Scotland (PHS) is encouraging older adults to take up the offer of vaccination against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV).

Today’s ‘Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Scotland’ report shows that STIs continue to pose a significant public health threat.

New data published by PHS reveals people in Scotland are drinking 50% above safe limits, with more deprived communities hit hardest.

Public Health Scotland (PHS) has today published a benchmarking report on the progress Alcohol and Drug Partnerships (ADP) in Scotland have made to meet the Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) standards in 2024/25.

Public Health Scotland (PHS) has published a new analysis of the possible future demand for healthcare services in Scotland over the next decade.

Dr Diane Stockon starts in her new role as Director of the Clinical and Protecting Health at Public Health Scotland (PHS).

New research from the University of Aberdeen, commissioned by Public Health Scotland (PHS) and SEFARI Gateway, has calculated the economic value of NHS Scotland's outdoor spaces for the first time.

Public Health Scotland (PHS) has today published its second Annual Vaccination and Immunisation report. It reviews the activities of Scotland’s vaccination and immunisation programme in 2024 and offers insight from the successes and challenges of the country’s largest coordinated public health programme.

Public Health Scotland (PHS) welcomes the latest steps to create a smokefree generation with the ban on the sale and supply of single-use vapes in Scotland, which comes into effect on 1 June 2025.