Population Health Directorate

What we do

We seek to achieve the best health and care outcomes for people by helping them improve their mental and physical health.

We are responsible for:

providing policy advice to ministers
providing effective primary care services, including GPs, optometry, NHS 24 and the Scottish Ambulance Service
supporting mental health services
social care and support services
ensuring patients' rights are upheld and enabling people to have a say in decisions on health and social care
measures to tackle Scotland's relationship with alcohol, smoking and diet
health protection services, disease surveillance and outbreak management, immunisation and screening programmes
physical activity and promoting opportunities that have a positive impact on people's health and wellbeing
building a high quality evidence base for health and social care in Scotland