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With the start of the winter approaching, the Viral Respiratory team at Public Health Scotland (PHS) is updating their surveillance of respiratory infections. In our latest blog, Kirstin Leslie, ...

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The Scottish Vaccine Update provides current information and practical advice about immunisation policy, practice and vaccine supply in Scotland for front line health professionals.

Public Health Scotland (PHS) has published a new briefing exploring the rise of health-related economic inactivity among young people aged 16 to 24 in Scotland and the extent to which poor mental ...

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 ...

Public Health Scotland (PHS) has today published the Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Standards Implementation Benchmarking Report 2025–26. This report marks the end of the national mission for ...

This release summarises a qualitative secondary analysis of lived and living experience evidence about substance use services across Scotland, focusing on implementation of the 10 Medication Assisted ...

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This annual release by Public Health Scotland (PHS) covers smoking attributable hospital admissions and deaths in Scotland from 2003 to 2024 (calendar year). Smoking increases the risk of developing ...