Health Protection Scotland
Formerly the Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health (SCIEH), Health Protection Scotland (HPS) was established in 2005 and is the organisation that co-ordinates health protection in Scotland. It is part of Public Health Scotland. It plans and delivers effective and specialist national services which co-ordinate, strengthen and support activities aimed at protecting the people of Scotland from infectious and environmental hazards. This is achieved through providing advice, support and information to the following groups: health professionals; national and local government, the general public and a number of other bodies that play a part in protecting healht. As of 1 April 2020, Public Health Scotland brings together parts of NHS National Services Scotland – Health Protection Scotland (HPS) and the Information Services Division (ISD) – with NHS Health Scotland.
