Publications

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.

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 weekly release by Public Health Scotland presents data on COVID-19 across NHSScotland

Key statistics on attendances at Accident and Emergency (A&E) including trends in the number of attendances and admissions and performance against the 4 hour standard

Patients who have had a planned operation cancelled

Monthly information relating to people experiencing a delay in their discharge from hospital.

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

The National Cancer Diagnosis Audit (NCDA) supports service improvement in relation to cancer diagnosis; the main outputs were tailored feedback reports to participating GP practices. This national report gives an overview of results at Scotland level and is being released to increase awareness of the audit and what it covered. NCDA Scotland is the Scottish part of a UK-wide audit, co-ordinated by Cancer Research UK.

We have produced resources to help healthcare workers and vaccinators inform young people and their parents or carers about the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

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.