All forthcoming outputs will be published at 9.30am unless otherwise stated.
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.
Between 26 March and 8 October 2026, PHS are reducing the frequency of the Viral respiratory diseases in Scotland narrative report to four-weekly. PHS will move to weekly dashboard only updates for respiratory infection surveillance.
Viral respiratory diseases in Scotland narrative report will return to weekly reporting on 8 October 2026.
This approach aligns to the pre-pandemic one for respiratory pathogens, which typically follow a seasonal pattern. PHS will continue to monitor COVID-19 and other respiratory infection levels and reinstate the weekly narrative report before 8 October 2026 if necessary.
From 3 September 2026, the presentation of data in the At a Glance tab of the dashboard will be updated. These changes are intended to enhance the clarity and accessibility of the information. The underlying data will remain unchanged. We encourage users to familiarise themselves with the revised layout following this update.
From 3 September 2026, a new open data file containing information on ICU admissions associated with respiratory infections will be available to download from (PHS Open Data). This addition will provide users with access to detailed ICU admission data for further analysis and reuse.
General Practice in-hours activity - these monthly releases have been paused. There have been data quality issues following GPIT migrations from EMIS to Vision. This has impacted the data extraction process and the accuracy of the encounters data received by PHS. The publication is paused until a technical solution is identified, appropriate data quality checks implemented and data is restored to a suitable quality for publication. The team are exploring options to restart publishing data on this topic area . We will next provide an update by 5 October 2026
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 and have continued to work with the data supplier to finalise 2024/25 data and resolve data issues. This publication was released on 24 February 2026.
Scottish breast screening programme statistics - this publication series is currently under review due to identification of data quality issues. Users should be aware that the previously published statistics have errors. As of 26 May 2026, we continue our ongoing communication with our data supplier to investigate and conduct more detailed analysis of these quality issues on the published statistics. We will provide a further update to this note on 25 August 2026. Please see correspondence from 24 February for more details. If you have questions about this work, please email phs.adultscreening@phs.scot.
Early Learning and Childcare: Analysis of family wellbeing - pre announced for 21 April 2026 has been delayed until Summer 2026 to allow for additional quality assurance checks. A new date will be preannounced 4-6 weeks ahead of publication.
Surveillance of hepatitis B in Scotland: update to 31 December 2024. Progress on elimination of hepatitis B as a major public health concern originally pre-announced for release on 9 June 2026 and subsequently postponed to 8 September 2026, has been delayed further due to capacity constraints during the summer holiday period. This additional time will allow for robust review and quality assurance, including review of the race and ethnicity analyses and accompanying narrative by the ethnicity team. A revised publication date of 6 October 2026 has now been pre announced.
Gastro-intestinal and Foodborne Infections: Laboratory Reports of Norovirus in Scotland weekly update - please note this report has been paused, last release 28 May 2026, norovirus activity levels are declining in line with typical seasonal trends, marking the end of the 2025/26 season. In the meantime this report format is under review.
Care at Home Services; Support provided or funded by local authorities in Scotland pre-announced for 11 August 2026 has been delayed. This is to allow for the further investigation of data quality issues that have been identified. This publication will now be published on 29 September 2026.
The three Physical Activity publications pre-announced for 15 September have been postponed to allow additional PHS work to be completed in support of these reports. A new date will be preannounced 4-6 weeks ahead of publication. Please note that the publication plans for ‘Estimating the disease burden attributed to physical inactivity from mental health and musculoskeletal disorders in Scotland’ on 15 September and ‘Physical activity and women’s health - The importance of physical activity across the life course’ on 22 September remain unchanged.
Opioid Substitution Therapy in Scotland - pre announced for 13 October 2026 has been delayed to 27 October due to resource issues. The publication has also been renamed Prescribing for opioid dependence in Scotland.
Walk-In Centres Monthly Management Information - please note this publication has been renamed GP led walk-in services Monthly Management Information.
