Reading Time: 3 minutesOn 12 July 2026, the Scottish Government announced that Public Health Minister Maree Todd had asked the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) to consider
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Promoting Healthy Ageing in Scotland
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn January 2026, SPICe published a briefing on Promoting Healthy Ageing in Scotland. The briefing looked at the influence that lifestyle and environment can have
Useful sources of health and social care information
Reading Time: 8 minutesA list of useful sources of information on health and social care topics, updated regularly.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFind the latest statistics for your constituency or local area. Constituency profiles Key statistics on population, health, housing, poverty, and the labour market Labour marketUnemployment,
Prevention: The “urgent” topic of the last decade
Reading Time: 8 minutesThis blog talks about prevention as a method of delivery of public services. It also introduces some of the challenges with implementing prevention from a resource allocation point of view.
Measles in Scotland: Prevalence, prevention, and management
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis blog will explore the prevalence of measles in Scotland and the United Kingdom, following the recent World Health Organisation announcement that the UK has lost
SPICe Hub: draft Climate Change Plan
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Scottish Government published a draft Climate Change Plan (CCP) on 6 November 2025, marking the start of 120 days of its parliamentary scrutiny (until 5 March).
The ongoing pursuit of ‘prevention’ in health and social care: Two frameworks and a plan
Reading Time: 9 minutesThis blog will consider three health-related strategy documents in turn: the Operational Improvement Plan (OIP), the Population Health Framework (PHF) and the Health and Social
The Bill and the Order: What do they mean in Scottish cosmetic procedures legislation?
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Bill and the Order: What do they mean in Scottish cosmetic procedures legislation? This blog looks at how the Bill and the Order compare and how they intersect.
Scotland’s new licensing rules: What cosmetic procedures need a licence? And how will it work?
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog examines the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Non-surgical Procedures) Order 2026. The Order is part of a larger plan by the Scottish Government to regulate the non-surgical cosmetic procedures industry.