National quarterly report of tuberculosis in Scotland
Provisional data for quarter 2, 2025

Official statistics in development

Published: 31 July 2025 (Latest release)
Type: Statistical report
Author: Public Health Scotland

Health protection

About this release

This is the fifth release by Public Health Scotland (PHS) of quarterly official statistics in development on tuberculosis (TB) notifications in Scotland and presents provisional data from national enhanced surveillance for TB in Scotland. This is in addition to an annual TB surveillance report which is published by PHS.

This is the first TB quarterly report using data extracted from the newly adopted UK National Tuberculosis Surveillance System (NTBS) and therefore there are minor changes in historical data. NTBS is a dynamic data source and statistics released are provisional and subject to validation and future planned revisions. These revisions do not affect the overall interpretation or conclusions to be drawn from the previously published data.

The content of these reports will be reviewed and developed over time following feedback from stakeholders and user engagement.

Main points

Provisional data in 2024 and up to quarter 2 in 2025 shows that:

There were 155 TB notifications in quarters 1 and 2 of 2025.
Tuberculosis notifications in the first two quarters of 2025 increased by 13.1% when compared with the first two quarters of 2024 when there were 137 TB notifications.
The percentage of TB notifications in quarters 1 and 2 of 2025 that were male was 59.4% compared with 64.2% in quarters 1 and 2 of 2024.
In quarters 1 and 2 of 2025, TB notifications were received from nine NHS boards.
Most TB notifications in quarter 1 and 2 of 2025 were from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (72 cases, 46.5%) and NHS Lothian (28 cases,18.1%).
The percentage of TB notifications presenting with pulmonary disease in quarter 1 to 2 of 2025 was 61.3% compared with 50.4% in quarter 1 to 2 of 2024.

Overall numbers

The number of TB notifications per quarter for Scotland are shown in Figure 1 and the cumulative number of notifications by month in Figure 2.

There were 155 TB notifications in quarters 1 and 2 of 2025, which is an increase of 13.1% when compared with the quarters 1 and 2 of 2024 when there were 137 notifications.

Table 1. TB notifications in Scotland by quarter, January 2019 to quarter 2, 2025
Year	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Q1	61	58	43	49	43	53	72
Q2	54	43	66	49	77	84	83
Q3	59	56	66	55	82	65	-
Q4	67	60	48	44	78	66	-
Total	241	217	223	197	280	268	-

Figure 1 is a bar chart showing the number of TB notifications in Scotland per quarter from January 2019 to June 2025 (quarter 2). Each bar represents the number of notifications for that quarter. The chart shows that tuberculosis notifications per quarter fluctuate, starting with 61 in quarter 1 2019 to 83 notifications in Q2 2025. The highest number of notifications was 84 in quarter 2 2025. The lowest number was 43 notifications in Q2 2020, Q1 2021 and Q1 2023. The chart shows an increase (15.3%) in the number of notifications from 72 in quarter 1 to 83 in quarter 2 2025. The total number of 155 notifications for quarters 1 to 2 for 2025 compared to 137 for quarters 1 to 2 in 2024 (a 13.1% increase). — Image caption **Figure 1. TB notifications in Scotland by quarter, January 2019 to quarter 2 2025**

Figure 2 is a line chart showing the cumulative number of quarterly TB notifications in Scotland from January 2019 to June 2025. Each line represents the cumulative number of TB notifications for that year. The cumulative TB notifications were highest in the period January to June, and were highest in 2025 and lowest in 2022. — Image caption **Figure 2. Cumulative TB notifications in Scotland by month, January 2019 to June 2025**

TB notifications by sex

The percentage of TB notifications in the first two quarters of 2025 that were male was 59.4% (92/155) compared with 64.2% (88/137) in the first two quarters of 2024.

Geographical distribution

Figure 3 shows the TB notifications in Scotland each quarter by NHS board. In quarters 1 and 2 of 2025:

TB notifications were received from nine NHS boards.
Most TB notifications were from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (72/155; 46.5%) and NHS Lothian (28/155; 18.1%).
There were no TB notifications from five NHS boards in quarters 1 and 2 of 2025 (NHS Borders, NHS Dumfries and Galloway, NHS Orkney, NHS Shetland and NHS Western Isles).
Compared with quarters 1 and 2 of 2024, TB notifications decreased in four NHS boards (NHS Ayrshire and Arran, NHS Borders, NHS Forth Valley and NHS Tayside) but increased in five NHS boards (NHS Fife, NHS Greater Glasgow, NHS Grampian, NHS Highlands and Clyde and NHS Lothian).

Figure 3 is a stacked bar chart showing the TB notifications in Scotland each quarter by NHS board between quarter 1 2019 and quarter 2 2025. The chart shows that the highest number of TB notifications reported each quarter were from Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GGC) and Lothian (LO). For the most recent quarter 2 2025, no notifications were received for 6 NHS boards including NHS Ayrshire and Arran, NHS Borders, NHS Dumfries and Galloway, NHS Orkney, NHS Shetland and NHS Western Isles. Meanwhile no TB notifications were received from four NHS boards in quarter 1 to 2 of 2025 (NHS Ayrshire and Arran, NHS Borders, NHS Dumfries and Galloway, NHS Orkney, NHS Shetland and NHS Western Isles. — Image caption **Figure 3. Number of TB notifications in Scotland by NHS boards by quarter, January 2019 to June 2025**

Site of TB disease

Figure 4 shows the proportion of TB notifications in Scotland with pulmonary and non-pulmonary disease by quarter. In quarter 1 and 2 of 2025, 61.3% (95/155) of TB notifications presented with pulmonary disease compared with 50.4% (69/137) in quarter 1 and 2 of 2024.

Figure 4 is a horizontal bar chart showing the proportion of TB notifications in Scotland by quarter and site of disease between quarter 1 2019 and quarter 2 2025. The site of disease was classified as pulmonary or non-pulmonary. The chart shows the proportion of pulmonary TB notifications varied from quarter to quarter, being highest in quarter 2 2019 at 74.1% and lowest most recently in quarter 3 2024 at 41.5%. As for quarter 1 to 2 of 2025, 61.3% of TB notifications presented with pulmonary disease compared with 50.4% in quarter 1 to 2 of 2024. — Image caption **Figure 4. Proportion of TB notifications in Scotland by site of disease, January 2019 to June 2025**

Further information

The next release of this publication will be 30 October 2025.

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