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  • Patient Group Direction: Administration of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) (Prevenar 13®) - version 8

    • 31 May 2024
    • Publications
    • Immunisations

    This specimen Patient Group Direction template has been produced by Public Health Scotland to assist NHS Boards. NHS Boards should amend/adapt this PGD template and must ensure that the PGD is considered and approved in line with local governance arrangements for PGDs.

  • Patient Group Direction template: administration of MVA-BN vaccine - version 2

    • 31 May 2024
    • Publications
    • Conditions and diseases
    • Immunisations

    This specimen Patient Group Direction template has been produced by Public Health Scotland to assist NHS boards. NHS boards should amend/adapt this Patient Group Direction template and must ensure that the Patient Group Direction is considered and approved in line with local clinical governance arrangements for Patient Group Directions.

  • Patient Group Direction Template: Administration of haemophilus influenzae type b and meningococcal C conjugate vaccine (Hib/MenC) - version 3

    • 31 May 2024
    • Publications
    • Immunisations
    This specimen Patient Group Direction template has been produced by Public Health Scotland to assist NHS boards. NHS boards should amend/a​​dapt this Patient Group Direction...
  • Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy activity 30 May 2024

    • 30 May 2024
    • 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.

  • Laboratory reports of norovirus in Scotland - Up to week ending 26 May 2024

    • 30 May 2024
    • Publications
    • Conditions and diseases

    This report presents provisional information on laboratory reports of norovirus in Scotland compared to the same time last year and the average for the same time period of the previous five years.

  • Harnessing the power of anchor institutions: a progression framework for Scottish organisations

    • 29 May 2024
    • Publications
    • Environmental health
    • Equality
    • Place

    This progression framework aims to help public sector organisations in Scotland recognise and make the most of their power as ‘anchor institutions’ in order to improve outcomes for local people and the environment.

  • Evidence for improving equalities data collection

    • 29 May 2024
    • Publications
    • Equality

    These reports detail the engagement undertaken by PHS to understand barriers to and facilitators for the collection of equalities data. There are four reports covering focus groups with the public, an NHSScotland staff survey, a third-sector workshop, and a summary of all the engagement with recommendations.

  • Why do we collect equalities data?

    • 29 May 2024
    • Publications
    • Equality

    Two information booklets to support the collection of equalities data. These give definitions and uses for this data. One of the booklets is for staff and discusses how to hold good conversations when asking for data. The other is for the public and details why you might be asked for data as a patient, and how the data will be held securely.

  • Report and findings from round 2

    • 28 May 2024
    • Content pages
    The second round of the COVID-19 Early Years Resilience and Impact Survey ran in November/December 2020 to find out how children in Scotland aged 2-7 years continue to be affected...
  • People in prisons

    • 28 May 2024
    • Content pages
    • Immunisations

    Information and resources for immunisations offered to people in prisons