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Legionella are a species of bacteria that can cause Legionnaires' disease or Pontiac fever

With the new academic term approaching, Public Health Scotland (PHS) is urging eligible young people to ensure they receive their second dose of MenB vaccine before starting college or university. What’s more, anyone who is yet to receive their first vaccine, is encouraged to take up the offer as soon as possible.

This briefing provides an overview of the rise of health-related economic inactivity (to be unemployed and not seeking work for health reasons) among young people aged 16–24 in Scotland and the extent to which mental health might be impacting on post-school transitions to employment and driving this trend.

A Glasgow mum is urging young people to come forward for vaccination against meningococcal group B (MenB), after her son became critically unwell with meningitis in 2023.

PHS has today published the Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Standards Implementation Benchmarking Report 2025–26.

Public Health Scotland (PHS) is working with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), food safety agencies in the UK and other partners to investigate an outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis.

Parts 2, 3, 4, 5 and 9 – appliances, dressings, elastic hosiery, incontinence supplies, and chemical reagents

Part 1 (annex A) - list of groups of items and individual items on the zero discount list