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Child poverty priority groups - lone-parent families
- 17 August 2020
- Report
- Children and poverty
These reports focus on child poverty in lone-parent families. They describe the issues faced by these families and what can be done to reduce child poverty in this priority group.
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Learning from the community link worker early adopters
- 13 August 2020
- Evaluation
- Social and community care
This study aims to aid the understanding of link working in the five early adopter sites funded by the Scottish Government in 2017. It aims to capture learning from these sites to help inform delivery and the potential wider roll-out of this and other models of care and support.
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Hospital onset COVID-19 cases in Scotland 12 August 2020
- 12 August 2020
- Statistical report
- Hospital care
This release provides data on hospital onset COVID-19 infections in Scotland. A system for monitoring COVID-19 is critical to tracking hospital transmission. This will inform control measures. Please note: this release is produced by National Services Scotland (NSS) who work very closely with PHS.
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COVID-19 statistical report 12 August 2020
- 12 August 2020
- Statistical report
- Coronavirus (COVID-19)
This report provides a range of analyses relating to COVID-19 with a specific focus on patterns associated with the age, sex and deprivation of people affected by the virus.
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NHS Performs - weekly update of emergency department activity and waiting time statistics 11 August 2020
- 11 August 2020
- Statistical report
- Waiting times
This release of NHS Performs includes official statistics collected by PHS on attendances at Emergency Departments (EDs) across Scotland. The information presented in this release includes the number of attendances and 4, 8 and 12 hour waits at EDs.
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Prescribing statistics - monthly prescribing activity data 11 August 2020
- 11 August 2020
- Statistical report
- Pharmacy and prescribing
The data extract is presented as downloadable text (. csv) file and covers practice level prescribing for the month of May 2020. A dashboard will also be available to enable preview the data without downloading the large file. The data extract will also feed into existing dashboards which present historical data already published elsewhere on the ISD website (in the July 2020 Summary stats dashboard).
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National Naloxone Programme Scotland Monitoring report 11 August 2020
- 11 August 2020
- Statistical report
- Drugs
Accidental overdose is a common cause of death among users of heroin, morphine and similar drugs, which are referred to as opioids. Naloxone is a drug which reverses the effects of a potentially fatal overdose with these drugs. This report from Public Health Scotland presents information on the number of take-home naloxone kits issued by the National Naloxone Programme in Scotland to the end of financial year 2018/19.
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Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios 11 August 2020
- 11 August 2020
- Statistical report
- Hospital care
These statistics are updated on a quarterly basis and reflect the HSMR for the latest 12 month reporting period when drawing comparisons against the Scottish average, whilst crude mortality data is presented by quarter to show trends.
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Audit of critical care in Scotland 11 August 2020
- 11 August 2020
- Statistical report
- Healthcare audits
Annual report from the Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Group (SICSAG) looking at activity and outcomes of care in Scottish intensive care and high dependency units.
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COVID-19 statistical report 5 August 2020
- 05 August 2020
- Statistical report
- Coronavirus (COVID-19)
This report provides a range of analyses relating to COVID-19 with a specific focus on patterns associated with the age, sex and deprivation of people affected by the virus.