All forthcoming outputs will be published at 09:30am unless otherwise stated.
Viral Respiratory Diseases (including Influenza and COVID-19) in Scotland Surveillance Report - 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 24 April and 9 October 2025, PHS are reducing the frequency of the Viral respiratory diseases (including influenza and COVID-19) in Scotland narrative report to monthly. PHS will move to weekly dashboard only updates for respiratory infection and COVID-19 surveillance. 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 9 October 2025 if necessary.
NHS Waiting Times - Stage of Treatment - A new website dedicated to waiting times for planned hospital appointments and admissions was launched on 10 December 2024. This provides patients on an inpatient, day case or new outpatient waiting list with an easy-to-use platform to find out how long they are likely to wait for their appointment. It replaces the corresponding webpages hosted by NHS inform and include several improvements in response to recommendations by the Official Statistics Regulator. A key improvement is an expanded set of summary statistics that will provide a better reflection of people’s actual experience of waiting times across NHSScotland. For more information see PHS's blog.
General Practice - Demographics Data Visualisation - pre announced for 6 May 2025 has been delayed to 3 June 2025 to undertake further data quality checks.
Long Term Service Demand Projections in Scotland - pre announced for 27 May 2025 has been delayed until 17 June 2025 to allow additional time needed for quality assurance checks.
The Scottish Burden of Disease - disease-specific forecasts of prevalence and burden - pre-announced for 27 May 2025 has been delayed to 24 June 2025 to allow additional time needed for quality assurance checks.
Routes to Cancer Diagnosis, Cancer Stage and Curative Treatment for Cancer: Information to Support Visions from the Cancer Strategy - pre announced for 3 June 2025 has been delayed until further notice. Some unexpected patterns were apparent in the 2022 data which did not fit with long-standing recognised relationships between incidence and deprivation/mortality by deprivation. Before publishing, further investigation is required to understand whether these are genuine findings or artefacts.
Cancer Incidence in Scotland - pre announced for 3 June 2025 has been delayed until further notice. Some unexpected patterns were apparent in the 2022 data which did not fit with long-standing recognised relationships between incidence and deprivation/mortality by deprivation. Before publishing, further investigation is required to understand whether these are genuine findings or artefacts.
Cancer Mortality - pre announced for 10 June 2025 has been delayed until further notice. Some unexpected patterns were apparent in the 2022 data which did not fit with long-standing recognised relationships between incidence and deprivation/mortality by deprivation. Before publishing, further investigation is required to understand whether these are genuine findings or artefacts.
