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  • Vulnerable settings

    • 13 May 2025
    • Publications
    • Conditions and diseases
    Where the exposed setting is assessed as having a vulnerable population the HPT should risk assess whether to attempt to identify exposed persons in the setting and whether to...
  • Scottish standards of care for hip fracture patients

    • 17 May 2024
    • Publications
    • Healthcare audits

    These standards were first developed by the Scottish Hip Fracture Audit (SHFA) steering group in 2014 and have been revised as new evidence becomes available. The standards act as a framework for good practice based on the available evidence and the consensus opinion of healthcare professionals from both Scotland and the rest of the world.

  • Whooping cough vaccine successful in reducing hospitalisations

    • 03 October 2025
    • News stories
    • Immunisations

    Findings from a paper published in the medical journal, Eurosurveillance, show that fully vaccinated children aged 8 weeks to 17 years were 69% less likely to be hospitalised with whooping cough (pertussis).

  • People in prisons

    • 28 May 2024
    • Content pages
    • Immunisations

    Information and resources for immunisations offered to people in prisons

  • Contacting Terminology Services

    • 21 December 2023
    • Content pages
    • Clinical coding

    Clinical coding training and advice offered to NHS Scotland staff

  • A&E activity: week ending 28 September 2025

    • 07 October 2025
    • Publications
    • Hospital care
    A&E activity: week ending 28 September 2025...
  • A&E activity: month ending 31 August 2025

    • 07 October 2025
    • Publications
    • Hospital care
    A&E activity: month ending 31 August 2025...
  • Steering group

    • 28 May 2025
    • Content pages
    • Environmental health
    • Place
    • Population health

    The Adverse Weather and Health Plan aims to protect individuals and communities from the health effects of adverse weather and to build community resilience

  • Adverse weather and health

    • 28 May 2025
    • Content pages
    • Environmental health
    • Place
    • Population health

    The Adverse Weather and Health Plan aims to protect individuals and communities from the health effects of adverse weather and to build community resilience

  • Shingles vaccine leaflet for use in prisons

    • 08 October 2025
    • Publications
    • Immunisations

    A leaflet about the Shingles vaccine for use in a prison setting.