Drug-related hospital statistics
Scotland 2020 to 2021
A National Statistics publication for Scotland
Data quality
The Public Health Scotland (PHS) (previously Information Services Division (ISD)) Data Quality Assurance (DQA) team is responsible for evaluating and ensuring SMR datasets are accurate, consistent and comparable across time and between sources.
Details of the quality assurance process for SMRs are published on the DQA methodology webpage (external website).
Information on SMR data completeness and timeliness of SMR data submissions can be found on the SMR completeness webpage (external website).