Publications

Information for health professionals and organisations working with people at an increased risk of getting seriously ill from COVID-19.

The CARDRISS and prescribing teams in Public Health Scotland are conducting a study in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh to assess the safety of high-dose folic acid use in pregnancy as it relates to childhood outcomes.

About this release Public Health Scotland (PHS) continue to consider timely ways to provide the public with official statistics. Between April and October 2025, Public Health...

This release by Public Health Scotland (PHS) reports on systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT) activity across NHS services in Scotland. Treatment activity includes the weekly number of appointments and the monthly and annual number of appointments and patients receiving treatment.

This report presents provisional information on laboratory reports of norovirus in Scotland compared to the same time last year and the average for the same time period of the previous five years.

A healthy and diverse workforce is more productive and essential for a resilient economy. Read our advice for employers.

The audit of critical care is a co-ordinated quality improvement programme which provides data, analysis and feedback to raise standards and continued improvement in patient outcomes.

The Climate Impact Indicators (CII) Feasibility Report aims to inform Public Health Scotland’s work to produce a set of climate health impact indicators and supports PHS’ Climate Change and Sustainability programme. The report explores the feasibility of developing indicators to assess the impacts of climate change on the health of the population in Scotland. It includes a summary of how health is affected by climate change, in particular the impacts of heat, cold, flooding, and air quality. Additionally, the report outlines definitions and parameters for proposed indicators to monitor the impact of climate on health and describes the data sources that can be used to create these indicators. The report recommends that an initial set of indicators are developed focused on the direct impacts of heat and cold periods on health. It is planned that Scotland’s first set of climate health impact indicators are published on the ScotPHO profiles website as a new section in the autumn of 2025.

Interventions to reduce harms from cocaine...

A&E activity: week ending 7 September 2025...