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This specimen Patient Group Direction template has been produced by Public Health Scotland to assist NHS boards.

This specimen Patient Group Direction template has been produced by Public Health Scotland to assist NHS boards. NHS boards should amend/a​​dapt this Patient Group Direction...

Patient group direction template for the administration of hepatitis B vaccine for non-renal, non-travel indications.

This specimen Patient Group Direction template has been produced by Health Protection Scotland to assist NHS boards.

This method sets out how health protection guidance is developed in Scotland.

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.

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...

Guidance supporting the public health management of avian influenza and other zoonotic influenza in Scotland

This report covers PHS whistleblowing activity during 2024/25 and developments to expand the way that staff can raise any concerns in the organisation.