Publications

This release by Public Health Scotland provides information on encounters that have taken place in general practice in Scotland from January 2018. It contains summary statistics by HSCP and health board on the number of encounters by the derived fields 'encounter group', 'encounter class' and 'Healthcare professional group'. It is experimental data and analysis.

Pharmaceutical care services provision by community pharmacies

Data on prescribing activity in the community.

About this release This release by Public Health Scotland (PHS) provides an annual update on teenage booster immunisation coverage rates for pupils in their third and fourth years...

About this release This release by Public Health Scotland (PHS) provides an update on how long eligible patients waited from referral to a screening appointment for in vitro...

This booklet explains the screening and diagnostic tests you can have in pregnancy. Screening in pregnancy involves simple tests that help to find out the chances of you or your baby having a health or chromosomal condition, so you and your baby can have treatment early if needed.

This guide has been produced by the RADAR Team at Public Health Scotland (PHS). The purpose of this document is to provide a resource for emergency service call handlers to appropriately identify, categorise and coordinate the response to emergency call outs involving drugs. It includes key street names of common drugs as well as brief descriptions of drug types and categories.

This booklet explains what you need to know after getting a higher-chance screening result for Down’s syndrome, Edwards’ syndrome or Patau’s syndrome.

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.

The Annual Report and Accounts provides information to highlight our purpose, the key risks to the achievement of our objectives and how we have performed during the year.