Publications

About this release This quarterly release by Public Health Scotland (PHS) is an update of the National Therapeutic Indicators (NTIs) for data for prescriptions data, showing...

This booklet explains what conditions your baby can be tested for and what the tests involve. The newborn screening tests offered to all babies in the first few days and weeks of their life aim to ensure conditions are identified and treatment is started as soon as possible.

​​A genomic sequencing service has been established in order to identify outbreaks and incidents rapidly, enabling public health intervention strategies to be deployed as soon as possible.

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About this release This weekly release by Public Health Scotland presents epidemiological information on respiratory infection activity, including COVID-19, across Scotland. Due to...

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.

This release by Public Health Scotland (PHS) reports on systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT) activity across NHS services in Scotland. Treatment activity includes the weekly number of appointments and the monthly and annual number of appointments and patients receiving treatment.

The pertussis vaccine in pregnancy leaflet to support informed consent is available in a range of languages and formats.

These recommendations have been written by anaesthetists from throughout Scotland who regularly work in hip fracture care with the intent of giving practical advice on the anaesthetic management of this patient group. The recommendations are supported by the Scottish Society of Anaesthetists and the Scottish branch of the College of Emergency Medicine.

The report presents research which aims to explore how projected changes in population size and age structure between 2025 and 2040 could affect future health loss across Scotland, its two NHS sub-national planning areas, and territorial NHS boards. It presents scenario-based estimates of the future burden of disease by applying 2019 age- and sex-specific Scottish Burden of Disease rates to projected populations. The report explores how demographic changes alone could alter the scale, age distribution, and leading causes of disease burden.