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Scott Heald, Director of Data and Digital Innovation and Head of Profession for Statistics at Public Health Scotland, discusses the importance of keeping people at the centre of data improvement.

It’s time for gardeners to begin preparing for the winter and to pack up the equipment they use over the summer months. Gardeners, especially those who are older, should take precautions against Legionnaires’ disease, which is a severe form of pneumonia caused by legionella bacteria.

Dr Diane Stockton, Consultant at Public Health Scotland, explains in this blog why simple comparisons of COVID-19 rates in those who are vaccinated and unvaccinated should not be used to assess how effective a vaccine is in preventing serious health outcomes.

With the tail end of the year approaching, the Respiratory Team at PHS are gearing up to increase surveillance of respiratory infections across Scotland. In our latest blog, Helen Gadegaard, Healthcare Scientist Principal, tells us how the team gathers and shares this information.

In this blog post, Vick Craik from the Drugs Team at Public Health Scotland, explains how the drugs market in Scotland is changing and what impact that may have on public health in Scotland.

The longer days of summer provide us that extra opportunity to spend time outdoors which benefits our physical and mental health. Public Health Scotland's (PHS) Director of Public Health Science, Dr Nick Phin, blogs about how to keep ourselves and each other safe while we make the most of the summer months.

As the UK negotiates trade agreements, PHS Consultant in Public Health Margaret Douglas explains how a health impact assessment approach can help ensure they maximise health benefits, and minimise harm.

PHS has recently welcomed an independently verified statistics accreditation. This blog explains why it matters to our statistics and data colleagues, and to PHS as a whole.

Professor Dominic Mellor, Consultant Veterinary Public Health discusses the recent outbreak of avian influenza that has swept across the UK and the importance of monitoring it.

PHS recognises gender-based violence as a major public health and human rights issue that requires focused efforts to end it. In this blog with Zero Tolerance, we discuss how a public health approach to ending violence against women and girls (VAWG) can help.