Publications

This release by Public Health Scotland provides information on encounters that have taken place in general practice in Scotland from January 2018. It contains summary statistics by HSCP and health board on the number of encounters by the derived fields 'encounter group', 'encounter class' and 'Healthcare professional group'. It is experimental data and analysis.

Waiting times for people accessing drug and alcohol treatment services

Reporting on two waiting times standards used to measure how long patients have waited for their first cancer treatment: performance against the 62-day and 31-day waiting time standard​

This release presents data on confirmed HIV diagnoses and access to HIV treatment and care in Scotland.

Key statistics on different aspects of hospital care, sourced from hospital administration systems across Scotland. These include information on trends in outpatient activity; inpatient and day case activity; and beds statistics. Additionally, trend information on the medical diagnoses of patients, the number and type of surgical procedures carried out, and the level of emergency hospital admissions are also provided.

A quarterly update of immunisation uptake rates for children in Scotland at 12 months, 24 months, five years and six years of age.

Updates on a number of topic areas from allergies to drugs in prisons

This document provides guidance on the scope of the Psychological Therapies and Interventions Waiting Times Standard for staff that are employed by Health Boards (NHS) and who deliver psychological therapies and interventions through Health and Social Care Partnerships (H&SCP) and hospitals. The Standard states that 90% of people should start psychological treatment or intervention within 18 weeks of referral. This document sets out what constitutes psychological therapies and interventions (by services, teams, individuals, or digitally), defines the clock start and clock stop times and specifies how the waiting time from referral to treatment start (RTT) is to be calculated and reported to Public Health Scotland for publication.

SHPN guide to applying external guidance to Scotland