Reading Time: 4 minutesThis blog looks at how deaths during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have been certified, recorded and reported and discusses death rates and excess mortality.
Category: Health
Staying connected: broadband and Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis blog looks at the importance of connectivity, especially broadband, to Scottish households during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.
Coronavirus (Scotland) Bill – SPICe Briefing
Reading Time: 32 minutesThis extended blogpost provides briefing for MSPs and other interested parties ahead of parliamentary consideration of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Bill on 1 April 2020.Â
SPICe FAQs – Baby Boxes
Reading Time: 4 minutesCommon questions and answers about the Scottish Baby Box scheme.
SPICe FAQs: young people, alcohol and the law
Reading Time: 4 minutesA blog drawing together answers to questions SPICe has been asked about young people, alcohol and the law.
Wuhan Coronavirus – what is it and should we be worried?
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis blog looks at information available about the recent outbreak of a new air-borne respiratory infection in China.
Stalling and declining life expectancy in Scotland
Reading Time: 5 minutesA look at life expectancy in Scotland.
Where does health care end and social care begin? 20 years along the road to integration
Reading Time: 7 minutesThis blog looks at the journey to health and social care integration so far
Drug-related deaths in 2018
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog examines the latest drug-related deaths statistics in Scotland.
Fast food booming – a cause for concern?
Reading Time: 4 minutesA look at trends in takeaway outlets in Scotland by constituency and local authority.