Released 17 June 2025, the Scottish Government–COSLA Population Health Framework champions primary prevention and whole-system collaboration to narrow Scotland’s socioeconomic health gap. Its evidence review is persuasive, yet most concrete actions stay within health and social care, while specific cross-government actions to tackle key social determinants of health, such as housing, are more limited. In this rapid SHERU response, we outline why we are calling for the new framework to be accompanied by concrete cross-government actions, clearer implementation plans and a monitoring and evaluation framework.
