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Today, PHS has published its first Annual Report and Accounts. Since opening on 1 April 2020, PHS has played a significant part in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, and addressing public health priorities in strong partnership with many organisations across Scotland.

Public Health Scotland and Police Scotland have formalised a new collaboration to address public health and wellbeing in communities across the country.

Public Health Scotland is keen to ensure that people stay healthy and avoid illness when travelling abroad and would encourage anyone planning a trip abroad to visit the fitfortravel website.

A number of measles cases have been reported across other parts of the UK and Europe this year. While there have been very few recent cases of measles in Scotland, there remains a risk of infection in those who have only received one dose, or no doses, of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.

Strike action involving local authority waste management staff has resulted in an accumulation of waste in public areas, within people’s homes and other premises. It is anticipated...

PHS Board papers for 28 August 2024

Eurosurveillance has published a journal article based on Public Health Scotland (PHS) ongoing investigation into the origin of the recent severe hepatitis cases among young children.

PHS has published an analysis of latest available data to show how the COVID-19 pandemic and its related restrictions may have impacted on sales, hospital stays and deaths related to alcohol.

Public Health Scotland (PHS) has today published an overview of the key messages from the third round of The COVID-19 Early Years Resilience and Impact Survey, the findings of which were first published in January 2022.

Figures show 42 cases of monkeypox reported in Scotland since 23 May 2022. The current outbreak clade of monkeypox is no longer classified as a high consequence infectious disease (HCID).