Our colleagues at Public Health Scotland (PHS) have asked that we disseminate the latest RADAR update to community pharmacy teams to inform you of concerns related to ongoing localised clusters of drug harms in multiple areas in Scotland.

Our colleagues at Scottish Government have launched he Mind to Mind campaign which encourage people to look after their mental wellbeing. In this article you will find campaign resources that will help you spread the word within your community.

Our colleagues at Scottish Government have provided some further information regarding the: ‘Be the Early Bird’ – Detect Cancer Earlier Campaign

The next community pharmacy public Health Scotland campaign will be a re-run of ‘Detecting Cancer Early’.

This Circular advises Health Boards and community pharmacy contractors that a series of Public Health Service (PHS) poster campaigns is planned to be distributed to pharmacies over the course of 2024/25

In January the SARCS February poster campaign had been cancelled. We have now heard that the menopause campaign, originally due to be displayed in community pharmacies from 5 March 2024 – 31 March 2024, has also been cancelled.

There’s a 10 minute survey where you can give your views on ways to improve the production, organisation and delivery of the information.

Our colleagues at Public Health Scotland (PHS) have brought to our attention a recent outbreak of measles

The current Public Health Service Poster campaign topic is Smoking Cessation which will run until further notice. The poster campaign topic of Sexual Assault Response Co-ordination Service is no longer going ahead.

This Circular advises NHS Boards and community pharmacy contractors of the next Public Health Service (PHS) poster campaign topics which will be distributed to pharmacies.

The contract for the management of Scottish Government posters in pharmacies has moved from Republic of Media (who subcontracted the work to Tactical Media) to APS Group

Public Health Scotland have released a health protection alert with regards to the AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine