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  • Bringing public health learning into your living room

    • 11 February 2022
    • Blog posts
    • Equality
    • Population health

    Following the launch of our Introduction to Public Health Learning Hub, read about our upcoming virtual learning events on how we can all contribute to building better lives for people in Scotland.

  • How data is supporting the safe return to school

    • 19 August 2021
    • Blog posts
    • Health protection

    Diane Stockton shares how data collected through our Enhanced COVID-19 Surveillance in Education Programme is supporting a safe return to school in the new 2021 term.

  • How good data can improve patients’ outcomes after hip fracture

    • 17 August 2021
    • Blog posts
    • Healthcare audits

    Kirsty Ward from the Scottish National Audit Programme highlights how good data is helping to drive improvements in standards of clinical care for hip fracture patients.

  • Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy activity 16 July 2026

    • 16 July 2026
    • Publications
    • Cancer

    This release by Public Health Scotland (PHS) reports on systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT) activity across NHS services in Scotland. Treatment activity includes the weekly number of appointments and the monthly and annual number of appointments and patients receiving treatment.

  • Viral respiratory diseases in Scotland surveillance report 16 July 2026

    • 16 July 2026
    • Publications
    • Population health
    About this release This weekly release by Public Health Scotland presents epidemiological information on respiratory infection activity, including COVID-19, across Scotland. Due to...
  • Scottish Arthroplasty Project - 5 August 2025

    • 05 August 2025
    • Publications
    • Healthcare audits

    The Scottish Arthroplasty Project (SAP) aims to encourage continual improvement in the quality of care provided to joint replacement surgery (arthroplasty) patients. This is currently achieved through the auditing of routinely collected SMR01 national data in Scotland.

  • A&E activity: week ending 12 July 2026

    • 21 July 2026
    • Publications
    • Hospital care
    A&E activity: week ending 12 July 2026...
  • You have a medium abdominal aortic aneurysm

    • 16 July 2026
    • Publications
    • Screening
    You have a medium abdominal aortic aneurysm...
  • How many people are waiting for NHS treatment in Scotland?

    • 18 November 2025
    • Blog posts
    • Waiting times
    Public Health Scotland (PHS) publishes waiting times statistics across a wide range of healthcare services in Scotland. One of the most frequently asked questions we’re asked is:...
  • The village we need to build: Reflections on the Prevention 25 conference

    • 02 October 2025
    • Blog posts
    • Population health

    In our latest blog, Rishma Maini, Consultant in Public Health and Co-lead of Clinical Health Intelligence and Research Division at PHS, reflects on her recent attendance at the Scottish Prevention Hub’s conference in Edinburgh, which brought researchers, policy makers and community leaders together to discuss how we turn evidence into practice.