A PUBLIC health chief has warned the cost of basic necessities such as fuel and food is the “greatest concern” when it comes to the health of Scots.
Writing in an end-of-year blog post, Angela Leitch, chief executive of Public Health Scotland (PHS), said while the country was managing to “live with Covid”, it is not possible to live with poverty without “dire long-term consequences”.
The cost of living crisis will also have a negative impact on mental health and worsen inequalities that have resulted from the pandemic, she added.
