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The facility time data for Public Health Scotland required to collate and publish under the new regulations.

This release is a weekly report on epidemiological information on seasonal influenza activity in Scotland. Due to COVID health care services are functioning differently now compared to previous flu seasons so the consultation rates are not directly comparable to historical data.

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.

The serology work stream aims to estimate the proportion of people who have antibodies to coronavirus ("seroprevalence") in the general population of Scotland and to see if this changes over time.

About this release This weekly release by Public Health Scotland presents data on COVID-19 across NHSScotland. Main points As at 25 July 2021, there have been 341,015 confirmed...

Weekly attendance at emergency departments and performance against the 4 hour waiting time standard

Public Health Scotland covers attendances that took place at the 30 Emergency Departments (EDs) in Scotland. It includes new and return unplanned attendances, including when patients arrive at EDs, seasonal patterns and patient demographics.

NHS boards should amend/a​​dapt this Patient Group Direction template and must ensure that the Patient Group Direction is considered and approved in line with local clinical governance arrangements for Patient Group Directions. ​​​​​

This specimen patient group direction (PGD) template has been produced by Public Health Scotland to assist NHS boards.

This report presents provisional information on laboratory reports of norovirus in Scotland compared to the same time last year and the average for the same time period of the previous five years.