Position Statements Introduction
The Scottish Directors of Public Health, the Scottish Health Promotion Managers and other Public Heath Groups will periodically release Position Statements on matters of Public Health.
See below for a comprehensive list – use the corresponding year tabs to access:
- SDsPH & PHS Joint Statement of the reopening of schools – Feb 2021
- SDsPH Joint statement on the reopening of schools and other educational settings – June 2020
- Joint PHS & SDsPH SBAR on the reopening of schools – June 2020
- SDsPH Substance Misuse Position Statement – July 2019
- UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights in the United Kingdom – May 2019
- Folate Supplementation – October 2018
- Climate Change and Health – October 2018
- Public Health Priorities for Scotland – June 2018
- Mental Health & Wellbeing – April 2018
- Public Health Practicing Realistic Medicine – April 2018
- Health Literacy – 2018
- UK Supreme Court Ruling on MUP for Alcohol – November 2017
- SDsPH Diet, Activity & Healthy Weight – October 2017
- Drug related deaths – August 2017
- Physical Punishment of Children – May 2017
- Public health impact of alcohol and the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of policies for reducing alcohol-related harm – December 2016
- Smoke-free Prisons and e-cigarettes – October 2016
- Safe drug injecting and heroin assisted treatment – July 2016
- CMO & SDsPH Response to RCP Tobacco Control – May 2016
- Action to reduce childhood obesity – December 2015
- COP21 joint statement – December 2015
- Elements of a New Public Health Strategy for Scotland – May 2015
- Locating and Specifying Public Health Services in Scotland – May 2015
- Changes to employment support allowance – March 2015
- Scottish Public Health Review response – January 2015