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• Are you with us?

  • 17 Sep 2019
  • Housing

  NHS Health Scotland believes everyone should have a safe, secure and affordable home. That’s why today we are delighted to adopt Shelter Scotland’s Charter for Change as part...

• Ask. Tell. Save a life.

  • 09 Sep 2019
  • Suicide

  Today marks the start of Suicide Prevention Week 2019 (9-15 September) and we are pleased to support it.  We believe that working together helps prevent suicide and this is a...

• A Programme for Government which supports public health

  • 04 Sep 2019
  • Corporate

  On Tuesday 3 September the First Minister set out the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government for the coming year (2019/20). Featured in the Programme are a range of in...

• Response to Registrar General’s Annual Review of Demographic Trends

  • 14 Aug 2019
  • Health inequality

  We welcome the publication of the Registrar General’s Annual Review of Demographic trends for 2018. Understanding trends in life expectancy is important because spotting chang...

• MUP well implemented and compliance amongst alcohol licensed premises high

  • 01 Aug 2019
  • Minimum unit pricing

  Minimum Unit Pricing for alcohol has been implemented effectively, with compliance high amongst licensed premises in Scotland. These are the key findings of the first study fr...

• A deeper look at stalling life expectancy

  • 18 Jul 2019
  • Health inequality

  Public Health Scientists from NHS Health Scotland have contributed to a paper out today which shows that mortality rates have worsened across almost all age groups against a b...

• Drug deaths are preventable, not inevitable

  • 16 Jul 2019
  • Drugs

  Figures published today show the number of drug-related deaths in Scotland is the highest number ever recorded, for the fifth year in a row. In 2018, 1,187 people lost their l...

• Response to CYP Mental Health Task Force recommendations

  • 11 Jul 2019
  • Children

  We welcome the publication of the recommendations put forward by the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Task Force, in particular, the recognition that there is a need...

• Legislative consultation on Public Health Scotland

  • 04 Jul 2019
  • Corporate

  We need to maintain a sharp national focus on the right to health and on those experiencing the worst inequalities in the new national public health body. This is our key reco...

• Delivering a new standard of weight management service for everyone across Scotland

  • 02 Jul 2019
  • Diet

  Scotland has amongst the highest rates of obesity in the developed world. This has a profound impact on health, quality of life and demand on our health services. A range of a...