Health Promoting Health Service
This website is for anyone who is interested in learning more about improving health for NHS employees, patients and visitors.
Health Promoting Health Service (HPHS) Overview
The HPHS concept is that "every healthcare contact is a health improvement opportunity".
View the HPHS introduction video.
The underlying principles of the HPHS are equity, participation, empowerment and sustainability. The principles underlying HPHS fits well with current policy for health improvement and inequalities, particularly the NHS Quality Strategy.
Specific information can be found using the links below:
- Chief Executive's Letter (CEL) 01 (2012)
- HPHS Policy Drivers and Linked Activity
- HPHS Scottish Network
- HPHS Events
- HPHS Resources and Publications
- HPHS Evidence and Evaluation
- HPHS Professional Profiles
Some HPHS FAQs have been prepared to answer any initial questions that you might have
You may also like to view our video introduction to HPHS.
HPHS introduction - part one
HPHS introduction - part two
If you would like to receive a DVD copy of the Health Promoting Health Service film please contact Lorna Renwick at NHS Health Scotland, Thistle House, 2nd Floor, 9 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh, EH12 5HE or lornarenwick@nhs.net.
This page was last updated January 2012.