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All forthcoming outputs will be published at 9.30am unless otherwise stated.

Viral Respiratory Diseases in Scotland Surveillance Report - As part of Public Health Scotland’s commitment to providing clear, concise and accessible viral respiratory data, there have been some improvements to the presentation this season’s viral respiratory report. These have included updates to the accessibility of figures presented in the report and a change in the title of the report from Viral respiratory diseases (including influenza and COVID-19) in Scotland surveillance report to Viral respiratory diseases in Scotland surveillance report. This weekly release by Public Health Scotland presents epidemiological information on respiratory infection activity, including COVID-19, across Scotland. Due to the dynamic nature of all datasets included in this report, figures contained within each update may be subject to change in future releases. Any revised figures will then be reflected within the latest update.

Scottish Cervical Screening Programme Statistics - Public Health Scotland provides a range of annual statistics relating to the Scottish Cervical Screening Programme, including coverage and uptake by deprivation and age group. In addition, information on laboratory services is available. On 28 May 2025 Scott Heald wrote to Ed Humpherson to request a temporary suspension of the accredited official statistics status for PHS cervical screening statistics following identification of data quality issues. We published data in a new report on 29 July 2025, where these data issues were rectified and revised data back to financial year 2016/17. We continue to develop new statistics that will better reflect how screening services are now delivered. The next release will be published in November 2025.

NHS Waiting Times – Stage of Treatment – 26 August 2025 marked the final quarterly release, with a move to monthly reporting planned from 28 October 2025. This increase in frequency is in response to the current high level of public interest in hospital waiting times and reduces the time lag between the end of the reporting period and the release of data to around 4 weeks. The statistics reported will align to revised criteria in calculating waiting times contained in updated guidance issued by the Scottish Government in December 2023. The first monthly October release will be accompanied by analysis of the changes on the most recent data. For further information please see recent correspondence between PHS and the Office for Statistics Regulation Scott Heald to Ed Humpherson: NHS diagnostics activity and stage of treatment waiting times statistics – Office for Statistics Regulation

Children and young people with cancer - pre-announced for 24 June 2025 has been delayed as changes to the international classification of childhood cancers need to be verified and reviewed by the Scottish Cancer Registry. Once the codes are confirmed the publication will be updated and released as soon as possible.

Physical Activity in Healthcare: A Report on Knowledge, Training, and Attitudes of Scottish Healthcare Professionals - pre announced for 9 September 2025 has been delayed. The research referenced in this report is scheduled to be published in an article in Health Promotion International that is currently under embargo. The PHS report will be published to coincide with the academic article, and the release details will be updated as soon as PHS is notified of the article publication date.

Scottish Breast Screening Programme Statistics - pre announced for September 2025 and then delayed to December 2025 due to data quality concerns following data quality assurance checks by the breast screening unit leads has been delayed further. Once this work has been carried out the publication will be released as soon as possible.

Scottish National Audit Programme Annual Report - pre announced for 18 November 2025 has been delayed to 9 December 2025 to allow further content to be incorporated into the report.

 

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  • Evaluation Framework: 2023 Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy

    • January 2026

    This is an evaluation framework for the Scottish Government and COSLA's national mental health and wellbeing strategy. It outlines potential multistakeholder approaches to evaluating impacts of the Strategy over a ten-year timeframe, developed on the basis of stakeholder engagement. This will sit alongside a monitoring framework that will be published by the Scottish Government. It is intended for use by a broad range of stakeholders/organisations working across the mental health and wellbeing sector.

  • Weekly Update of Emergency Department Activity and Waiting Time Statistics

    • January 2026

    This release of weekly data includes official statistics collected by PHS on attendances at Emergency Departments (EDs) across Scotland. The information presented in this release includes the number of attendances and 4, 8 and 12 hour waits at EDs.

  • People requiring a social care assessment and Care at Home services.

    • January 2026

    This publication provides information on the number of people waiting for a social care assessment, the number of people waiting for a care at home service and the hours of care required to be delivered to meet the needs of people both currently receiving care at home and waiting for care at home services.

  • Children and young people with cancer

    • January 2026

    This release by Public Health Scotland provides information on cancer in children (ages 0 to14) and young people (ages 15 to 24) in Scotland, using age-appropriate cancer classifications for the ten-year period 2014-2023.

  • National Naloxone Programme Scotland: Quarterly Bulletin

    • January 2026

    Quarterly management information on the supply of take home naloxone in Scotland.

  • Cancer survival statistics

    • January 2026

    This release by Public Health Scotland (PHS) provides new information on cancer survival in Scotland for people diagnosed during 2018-22 (and followed until the end of 2023).

  • Prescribing Statistics - Monthly Prescribing Activity Data

    • January 2026

    A dashboard will be available which covers practice level prescribing for the latest month.

  • Cancelled Planned Operations

    • January 2026

    Statistics on NHS Board/Hospital cancellations of operations for patients who have been booked for an elective scheduled theatre operation.

  • Out of Hours Primary Care Services in Scotland

    • January 2026

    This is the monthly publication of statistics on Primary Care Out of Hours Activity, including Health Board breakdowns. This publication will include Out of Hours Primary Care data for 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26. Data will be presented alongside A&E data.

  • A&E Activity & Waiting Times

    • January 2026

    Attendances trend - national, board and hospital level, Compliance - 4 hours standard at national, board and hospital level, 4 / 8 / 12 hour waiting times, source of referral, demographic data, time of day, day of week and discharge destination at national, board and hospital level. Additional info on multiple attendances, rates, and admissions to be added.

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