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Lovetta Williams, Organisational Lead for Workforce Development, encourages people working in the public service in Scotland to learn something new in 2023 that improves practice, and helps make a difference to people’s outcomes.

Andrew Gasiorowski, Principal Information Development Manager from PHS’s Geospatial team and Alba Rozalen Gonzalez, Senior Health Improvement Officer from our Climate and Sustainable Environments team, talk about a recent PHS report on Greenspace and how the data can be used to create benefit for the environment and people’s health.

Guest blog contributor and Chief Executive of the Cyrenians homeless charity, Ewan Aitken, tells us about the current housing crisis in Scotland and how taking a public health approach can be part of the solution

Public Health Scotland has published a rapid assessment on the health impacts of the rising cost of living. Margaret Douglas, Consultant in Public Health, discusses what this could mean for the long term health of communities in Scotland and what can be done to ease the impact.

Dr Fiona Scott, Public Health Registrar at NHS Tayside joined Public Health Scotland (PHS) for a year to work on the health impact assessment of community wealth building. Here, she reflects on the importance of the economy for health in local communities.

In this blog post, the SNAP team explain the significance of the recently published Scottish Cardiac Audit Programme (SCAP) Interventional Report 2021/22.

This guest blog by Julie Procter, Chief Executive of greenspace scotland and Chair of the Environment and Spaces for Public Health Partnership Group explores our use of greenspace during the pandemic and implications for health and wellbeing.

The PHS repository of COVID-19 research launched on 17 March 2021, bringing together research from PHS and Scotland’s Higher Education Institutions into a single, searchable platform. Julia Green, Knowledge Services Manager at PHS, discusses the next steps for this resource, and how it can add value as we move towards COVID-19 recovery.

Young people from across Scotland have worked with PHS to co-produce a programme to improve mental wellbeing in Scotland. The project marks the start of a longer-term commitment to ensure public health work relating to young people is developed and delivered in partnership. Emily Breedon, Co-design officer at Young Scot, shares more about the collaborative experience.

In a new partnership campaign, PHS has joined with SAMH and Sportscotland to encourage people to ‘Feel Your Personal Best’ by making small changes to improve physical and mental health. In this blog, PHS staff Manira Ahmad and Flora Jackson view the campaign through a public health lens and share their personal experiences of the recent launch event.