Publications

This is the 5th in our series of inequality briefings. It focuses on the role that good-quality housing can play in improving health and wellbeing and reducing health inequalities.

This is the 1st in our series of inequality briefings. It focuses on what health inequalities are and ways in which we can reduce them.

NHS Health Scotland was tasked by the Scottish Government to lead the evaluation of Scotland's alcohol strategy through the Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland's Alcohol Strategy (MESAS) programme. It has been a collaboration between NHS Health Scotland and National Services Scotland Information Services Division. This report follows four previous annual reports, which have been published since 2011 and several discreet study reports.

This is the 2nd in our series of inequality briefings. It focuses on the role that good work for all can play in reducing health inequalities. It assumes that action about paid employment is complemented by a social security system that is also designed to protect health and reduce health inequalities.

The minimum standards and quality indicators are presented as a suite of measurement tools for local implementation and local improvement.

This Circular advises of changes made in the Drug Tarriff effective for dispensings on the 1st of September 2015. It details the reimbursement of costs borne by community pharmacy contracts when dispensing NHS prescriptions not listed in part 7S.

Breast screening resources for professionals