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  • Breast screening explained

    • 28 November 2024
    • Publications
    • Cancer
    • Screening

    The NHS offers breast screening to all women aged between 50 and 70. This booklet explains breast screening and the benefits and risks involved.

  • Protecting Scotland’s young people from vaccine preventable diseases

    • 28 November 2024
    • News stories
    • Immunisations

    Public Health Scotland (PHS) is encouraging young people to take up the offer of routine vaccines at secondary school, as reports published earlier this week show that uptake rates are yet to return to pre-pandemic levels. Parents and carers are asked to look out for vaccination consent letters.

  • Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy activity 28 November 2024

    • 28 November 2024
    • Publications
    • Cancer

    This release by Public Health Scotland (PHS) reports on systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT) activity across NHS services in Scotland. Treatment activity includes the weekly number of appointments and the monthly and annual number of appointments and patients receiving treatment.

  • Viral respiratory diseases (including influenza and COVID-19) in Scotland surveillance report 28 November 2024

    • 28 November 2024
    • Publications
    • Population health
    About this release This weekly release by Public Health Scotland presents epidemiological information on respiratory infection activity, including COVID-19, across Scotland. Due to...
  • Laboratory reports of norovirus in Scotland - Up to week ending 24 November 2024

    • 28 November 2024
    • Publications
    • Conditions and diseases

    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.

  • Patient Group Direction Template: Administration of MVA-BN vaccine - version 3

    • 27 November 2024
    • Publications
    • Conditions and diseases
    • Immunisations

    This specimen Patient Group Direction template has been produced by Public Health Scotland to assist NHS boards. NHS boards should amend/adapt this Patient Group Direction template and must ensure that the Patient Group Direction is considered and approved in line with local clinical governance arrangements for Patient Group Directions.

  • Trend data

    • 26 November 2024
    • Content pages
    • Hospital care
    The charts below provide an overview of outpatient attendances by NHS Board of treatment alongside inpatient and day case admissions by NHS Board and location of treatment....
  • People requiring a social care assessment and care at home services 26 November 2024

    • 26 November 2024
    • Publications
    • Social and community care
    About this release This publication by Public Health Scotland (PHS) presents information on the total number of individuals waiting for an assessment for social care services, the...
  • Glossary

    • 26 November 2024
    • Content pages
    • Hospital care
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  • How are the data used

    • 26 November 2024
    • Content pages
    • Hospital care
    This National Statistics release on acute hospital activity and NHS beds is made available so that all of our customers can use the data. The data are made available under open...