Director of Public Health annual reports
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The Annual Reports of the Director of Public Health (DPH).
Video introduction to this year's report (2024)
Most recent report
"This is my fifth annual report as Director of Public Health for Highland and Argyll and Bute. The focus this year is on health inequalities, and this is one of the two strategic priorities for public health within NHS Highland. The other strategic priority is prevention which was the subject of the report for 2022. At its heart, tackling health inequalities is about fairness and about ensuring that everyone has the best chance of a long and healthy life. No one ever goes to their health professional and complains of having a health inequality. People have poor health. When that poor health results from a lack of fairness or a lack of opportunity then we need to tackle that inequality."
Dr Tim Allison MD MRCP FFPH

Recent reports (online pdf versions)
- The Annual Report of the Director of Public Health 2024 - Health Inequalities - Dr Tim Allison
- The Annual Report of the Director of Public Health 2022 - Prevention - Moving Upstream - Dr Tim Allison
- The Annual Report of the Director of Public Health 2021 - Suicide and Mental Health - Dr Tim Allison
- The Annual Report of the Director of Public Health 2020 - Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the NHS Highland area - Dr Tim Allison
Recent reports (pdf versions)
- The Annual Report of the Director Of Public Health 2024 - Health Inequalities - Dr Tim Allison
- The Annual Report of the Director of Public Health 2023 - Medication and Public Health - Do the Right Thing - Dr Tim Allison
- The Annual Report of the Director of Public Health 2022 - Prevention - Moving Upstream - Dr Tim Allison
- The Annual Report of the Director of Public Health 2021 - Suicide and Mental Health - Dr Tim Allison
- The Annual Report of the Director of Public Health 2020 - Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the NHS Highland area - Dr Tim Allison
- The Annual Report of the Director of Public Health 2019 - Past, Present and Future Trends in Health and Wellbeing - Prof Hugo van Woerden
- The Annual Report of the Director of Public Health 2018 - Adverse Childhood Experiences, Resilience and Trauma Informed Care - Prof Hugo van Woerden
- The Annual Report of the Director of Public Health 2017 - Realistic Medicine - Prof Hugo van Woerden
- The Annual Report of the Director of Public Health 2016 - Loneliness and Health - Prof Hugo van Woerden
About NHS Highland
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Highland Health and Social Care Partnership
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Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership
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Service redesign
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