Forthcoming publications

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.

The publication provides a monthly update on the number of hospital bed days associated with delayed discharges for a full calendar month. Information is also provided on the number of people experiencing a delay in discharge from hospital at the monthly census point. The data relate to people aged 18 and over.

These management information statistics form part of Scotland's Drug Early Warning System and report on recent trends in harm and service utilisation amongst people who use drugs. Data includes information on Specialist drug treatment referrals, Opioid Substitution Therapy ePrescribing, Injecting Equipment Provision, Emergency naloxone administration, Drug overdose/intoxication attendances at Emergency Departments, Drug-related acute hospital admissions, Forensic Toxicology Testing for Controlled Substances and Suspected drug-related deaths.

The data displays in the Scottish Pregnancy, Births and Neonatal Data (SPBAND) Dashboard have been developed in response to commitment 67 in The Best Start: five year plan for maternity and neonatal care that: national level maternity and neonatal dashboards should be developed to facilitate benchmarking and reduce variations in care. SPBAND includes data on: Pregnancy - number of pregnancies booked; mean gestation at booking; number of terminations; mean gestation at termination; and Births and Babies - location of extremely pre-term births; induction of labour; type of birth; third- and fourth-degree perineal tears; pre- and post-term births; stillbirths and infant deaths; Apgar scores.

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 2025/2026. Data will be presented alongside A&E data.

This new release by Public Health Scotland (PHS) presents quarterly data from the national surveillance of tuberculosis in Scotland. This is addition to the full TB surveillance report published annually.

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.

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.

An update on the uptake of HPV vaccinations in MSM

This publication reports on the provision of sterile injecting equipment to people who use drugs. Data from 2009/10 onwards are presented in the publication.