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Performance against 18 weeks referral to treatment standard

Pharmaceutical care services provision by community pharmacies

A&E activity: week ending 19 November 2023...

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...

About this release This release by Public Health Scotland (PHS) presents data examining the impact of COVID-19 on cancer staging distributions, with the focus of the report being...

Waiting times for patients for a key diagnostic tests

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 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, or 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.