Respiratory surveillance systems

Community Acute Respiratory Infection (CARI) surveillance

Scotland’s sentinel surveillance system in primary care

Global surveillance

International surveillance data for influenza, RSV and COVID-19 provides context on respiratory activity and trends in the UK and around the world

GP consultations for influenza-like illness and acute respiratory infections

Monitoring GP consultation rates through routine administrative records

Laboratory surveillance (ECOSS)

The Electronic Communication of Surveillance in Scotland (ECOSS) is Scotland's national laboratory surveillance system

Mortality surveillance

Mortality surveillance offers a strong indicator of the impact and severity of respiratory infections in Scotland

NHS 24 respiratory symptom-based surveillance

Collecting data on calls to NHS 24 for respiratory symptoms

Outbreak surveillance

Acute respiratory infection outbreak surveillance helps to detect, monitor and control the spread of respiratory pathogens in high-risk settings

Pathogen-confirmed hospital and ICU admissions

Monitoring hospital and ICU admissions that are due to community-acquired respiratory infections using routinely-collected data

Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) surveillance in critical care

Monitoring symptom-based SARI admissions in critical care

Vaccination uptake surveillance

Monitoring the national uptake of the influenza, COVID-19 and RSV vaccines

Vaccine effectiveness surveillance

Provides evidence on how well respiratory vaccination programmes protect the population of Scotland

Wastewater surveillance

Population-level monitoring of COVID-19 in Scotland using SARS-CoV-2 levels detected in wastewater