Reading Time: 5 minutes A guest blog on pharmaceutical pollution and potential implications for the environment and human health in Scotland.
Tag: Health
Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Bill – Stage 3 Briefing
Reading Time: 30 minutes This extended blogpost considers the amendments lodged to the Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Bill at Stage 2, to inform Stage 3 consideration by the Parliament.
Contact-tracing apps and coronavirus (COVID-19)
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog takes a brief look at some of the main issues linked to mobile phone apps which aim to trace the contacts of people who have COVID-19.
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Brexit transition and access to treatments
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog considers the potential impact of the end of the Brexit transition period on UK-EU coordination of vaccines and medicines to tackle COVID-19.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Frequently Asked Questions – Social Care
Reading Time: 17 minutes This detailed, extended blog post will look at frequently asked questions about social care in relation to coronavirus (COVID-19)
Coronavirus (COVID-19) – social distancing
Reading Time: 3 minutes This blog outlines restrictions placed on the general public in Scotland with the aim of limiting the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) through social distancing.
Coronavirus (COVID-19): How are deaths counted?
Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog looks at how deaths during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have been certified, recorded and reported and discusses death rates and excess mortality.
SPICe FAQs: young people, alcohol and the law
Reading Time: 4 minutes A 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 minutes This 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 minutes A look at life expectancy in Scotland.