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As a data and intelligence led organisation, Public Health Scotland (PHS) is committed to providing timely, relevant, and high-quality data to support public understanding of NHS performance. Today, our Director of Data and Digital Innovation and Head of Profession for Statistics, Scott Heald, talks through a major development in how we report waiting times for NHS Scotland.

Alison Owens, Health Improvement Manager, discusses Public Health Scotland’s (PHS) engagement with the community food sector and the opportunities involving them in local decision-making brings —in particular in the development of Good Food Nation plans.

In our latest blog, Rishma Maini, Consultant in Public Health and Co-lead of Clinical Health Intelligence and Research Division at PHS, reflects on her recent attendance at the Scottish Prevention Hub’s conference in Edinburgh, which brought researchers, policy makers and community leaders together to discuss how we turn evidence into practice.

In our latest blog, Ruth Glassborow, Director of Population Health and Wellbeing at Public Health Scotland (PHS) discusses the latest Collaboration for Health Equity in Scotland webinar, where the effective gathering and use of local data was the key focus.

With the summer holidays winding down, Dr Claire Cameron, Consultant in Public Health at Public Health Scotland, writes in our latest blog that it’s time for students to gear up for the year ahead at university or college by making sure they are up-to-date with all their vaccines.

This guest blog explores the approach and reflections from Samantha Stewart, Research and Peer Engagement Senior Officer at SDF, alongside peer researchers, who facilitated the completion of a survey across Scotland for the National Mission evaluation.

In this joint blog, two of our Consultants in Public Health Medicine, Professor David Morrison, Director of the Scottish Cancer Registry and Dr Fatim Lakha, explore the seemingly paradoxical good news within Scotland’s rising cancer statistics – and what it means for our future health and care system.

On Scotland’s National Day of Movement, Dionne Mackison, Head of Place, Environment and Health Harms at PHS, reflects on the opportunity that new guidance offers to support more people to become—and stay— physically active by tackling the barriers that stand in their way.

Paul Johnston, Chief Executive of PHS reflects on the publication of the Population Health and Service Renewal Frameworks by the Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA), which aim to improve health and wellbeing in Scotland by addressing social and economic factors.