Scottish Public Health Observatory (ScotPHO)
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ScotPHO is led by @P_H_S_Official and aims to make available the information needed to understand and improve Scotland's health and reduce health inequalities.
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Joined January 2017
RT @P_H_S_Official: The COVID-19 vaccine offer finishes on 31 January, the flu vaccine is available until the end of March. Visit https://…
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RT @P_H_S_Official: Research is a key part of PHS’s role and is needed to generate and translate evidence underpinning policies and strateg…
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We’ve published the December 2024 ScotPHO website quarterly update. This includes new data on allergy-related hospital admissions, and epilepsy and multiple sclerosis incidence and mortality. For further details see #ScotPublicHealth
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RT @gerrymccartney1: 1/12 Our book, ‘Social Murder? Austerity and life expectancy in the UK’, by David Walsh and I, is out today. It detail…
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RT @P_H_S_Official: PHS supports the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence campaign. We are implementing a public health approa…
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Next week is Challenge Poverty Week 2024 which takes place Mon 7th to Sun 13th October. The Poverty Alliance are hosting daily Breakfast Briefings on a range of policy areas. For details see 👇 #ChallengePoverty #CPW24
During #CPW24, we are hosting a daily breakfast briefing to discuss the policy changes needed to tackle poverty across: 🏘️Housing 🚍Transport 💳Adequate incomes 🍏Food 🫂Communities and volunteers Find out more and register to attend here:
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. @P_H_S_Official has developed a metadata catalogue of publicly available health & wellbeing indicators for Scotland. Each indicator has a metadata profile with info on what data is available. For more details and to access the catalogue see
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RT @P_H_S_Official: Our survey closes in two days' time - on 27th September. Please help us to improve the way that we work to ensure that…
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RT @P_H_S_Official: PHS CEO @PaulJ_PHS talks about the relationship between poverty and health inequalities in his recent blog and explains…
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We’ve published the September 2024 ScotPHO website quarterly update. This includes new data on #asthma related hospital admissions in Scotland and #COPD incidence and mortality. For further info see #ScotPublicHealth
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This year’s PHINS (Public Health Information Network for Scotland) seminar is on Tue 29 Oct 2024 as an online event only. It’s free of charge. For further info, including how to register, see #PHINS2024 #ScotPublicHealth
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RT @P_H_S_Official: We recently launched a survey on how we can improve our statistical publications. We publish a variety of formats & we'…
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RT @P_H_S_Official: 🆕 We've published a consensus statement with the Scottish Directors of Public Health that outlines the urgent need to i…
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RT @P_H_S_Official: Whooping cough is serious. Initial symptoms include a runny nose, red and watery eyes, a sore throat, and a slightly r…
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This week we’ve published new data on the estimated quarterly numbers of people prescribed Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) in Scotland (12-month period ending 31 December 2023). For further details see >> #ScotPublicHealth
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RT @P_H_S_Official: Today marks the start of #WorldImmunisationWeek. This is an opportunity to highlight that, with collective action, it’…
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We’ve published a quarterly update of the ScotPHO website. This includes new data on smoking attributable deaths and hospital admissions in Scotland. There is also new data on chronic liver disease mortality and hospital stays. For further details see >>
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RT @P_H_S_Official: Our CEO @PaulJ_PHS has written a blog about our work to prevent poor health. People in our poorest areas live more yea…
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