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A new Public Health Scotland publication suggests that people who were advised to shield have mostly followed this advice – but the shielding experience has been difficult, in particular for socio-economically vulnerable groups.

Data on the COVID-19 vaccination in Scotland is published in our Weekly Statistical report for the first time. The data covers the total number of people in Scotland who have had their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine up to and including week ending the 20th of December.

Scotland’s new national public health body launches today, Wednesday 1 April 2020. The launch of Public Health Scotland comes at a particularly crucial time for the country’s public health.

Three new pieces of guidance have been published by Public Health Scotland (PHS) to support local action on suicide prevention. The guidance contains recommendations to help address potential triggers for suicide, reduce access to means and incorporate suicide prevention into local planning and infrastructures.

Public Health Scotland (PHS) has today published management information statistics on Discharges from NHSScotland Hospitals to Care Homes between 1 March and 31 May 2020.

The Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing Joe FitzPatrick announced the members appointed to Public Health Scotland’s Board.

A new study from Public Health Scotland in collaboration with the University of Glasgow and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, published today, investigates a large outbreak of COVID-19 among students resident at university accommodation in Scotland at the start of the autumn 2020 term.

The reported effects of the pandemic

Public Health Scotland today published updated estimates of sales-based population level alcohol consumption.

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.