SPPC Response to Public Health Scotland strategy consultation

SPPC Response to Public Health Scotland strategy consultation

SPPC has responded to Public Health Scotland’s consultation on its draft strategy for 2025-2035.

Key points

• The draft PHS strategy currently excludes a significant section of Scotland’s population - those whose health is deteriorating and in irreversible decline.
• This is particularly important given the context of Scotland’s aging population. Regardless of work on prevention, over the next 20 years increasing numbers of people will be living with serious illness and advanced multi-morbidity, and more people will be dying each year.
• Public health approaches can improve the wellbeing of these people.

Key recommendations

• Explicitly mention ‘wellbeing’ alongside ‘health’ within the strategy.
• Consider how a public health approach can improve the wellbeing of people who are seriously ill or dying.
• Be clear within the strategy that a public health approach incorporates efforts across the whole life course
• Adopt an “end of life” lens in PHS when gathering and analysing data to support more effective policy-making.

The full response can be viewed here: SPPC response to PHS Strategy Consultation