We release a wide range of research, guidance and statistical publications.

Publications released before 16 March 2020 may be found on the Data and Intelligence, Health Protection Scotland or Improving Health websites.

We release data on infectious diseases on Thursday at 0930. Currently releasing weekly Measles data. Due to the holiday period the next update will be Thursday 9 January 2025.

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  • Review of smoking cessation services in Scotland - Advisory Group report

    • 26 September 2023
    • Report
    • Smoking

    The Scottish Government commissioned Public Health Scotland (PHS) to carry out a review of smoking cessation services and make recommendations for the delivery of services going forward.

  • Psychological therapies and interventions waiting times standard definitions

    • 26 September 2023
    • Guidance
    • Mental health
    • Waiting times

    This document provides guidance on the scope of the Psychological Therapies and Interventions Waiting Times Standard for staff that are employed by Health Boards (NHS) and who deliver psychological therapies and interventions through Health and Social Care Partnerships (H&SCP) and hospitals. The Standard states that 90% of people should start psychological treatment or intervention within 18 weeks of referral. This document sets out what constitutes psychological therapies and interventions (by services, teams, individuals, or digitally), defines the clock start and clock stop times and specifies how the waiting time from referral to treatment start (RTT) is to be calculated and reported to Public Health Scotland for publication.

  • Social care - demand for care at home services 26 September 2023

    • 26 September 2023
    • Statistical report
    • Social and community care
    About this release This publication by Public Health Scotland (PHS) presents information on the Demand for Care at Home Services. This includes the total number of individuals...
  • Primary Care in-hours General Practice activity visualisation - as at 31 July 2023

    • 26 September 2023
    • Statistical report
    • Primary care

    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.

  • National drug and alcohol treatment waiting times - 1 April 2023 to 30 June 2023

    • 26 September 2023
    • Statistical report
    • Alcohol
    • Drugs
    • Waiting times

    Waiting times for people accessing drug and alcohol treatment services

  • Cancer waiting times - 1 April to 30 June 2023

    • 26 September 2023
    • Statistical report
    • Cancer
    • Waiting times

    Reporting on two waiting times standards used to measure how long patients have waited for their first cancer treatment: performance against the 62-day and 31-day waiting time standard​

  • HIV in Scotland: update to 31 December 2022

    • 26 September 2023
    • Statistical report
    • Conditions and diseases
    • Sexual health

    This release presents data on confirmed HIV diagnoses and access to HIV treatment and care in Scotland.

  • Acute hospital activity and NHS beds information (annual) - Annual – year ending 31 March 2023

    • 26 September 2023
    • Statistical report
    • Hospital care

    Key statistics on different aspects of hospital care, sourced from hospital administration systems across Scotland. These include information on trends in outpatient activity; inpatient and day case activity; and beds statistics. Additionally, trend information on the medical diagnoses of patients, the number and type of surgical procedures carried out, and the level of emergency hospital admissions are also provided.

  • Childhood immunisation statistics Scotland - Quarter ending 30 June 2023

    • 26 September 2023
    • Statistical report
    • Children
    • Immunisations

    A quarterly update of immunisation uptake rates for children in Scotland at 12 months, 24 months, five years and six years of age.

  • A&E activity: week ending 17 September 2023

    • 26 September 2023
    • Statistical report
    • Hospital care
    A&E activity: week ending 17 September 2023...