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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 and have continued to work with the data supplier to finalise 2024/25 data and resolve data issues. However for this work to be  completed, this publication will now be released in February 2026 rather than 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.

Chronic pain waiting times- pre announced for 9 December will now be released with a new title: Waiting Times for Pain Management Services. 

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  • Invasive Group A Streptococcus (iGAS) Quarterly Surveillance Report

    • February 2026

    This release by Public Health Scotland (PHS) presents quarterly data from the national surveillance of invasive group A Streptococcal infections in Scotland.

  • Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapies (SACT) Common Regimens

    • February 2026

    This biannual release on SACT common regimens provides information on the 10 most frequently prescribed SACT regimens and drugs in secondary care in NHSScotland by year and quarter for 15 tumour types.

  • NHS Waiting Times - Stage of Treatment

    • February 2026

    Update of Waiting Times Statistics, monthly waiting times statistics for the stage of treatment - Summary of waiting times and waiting lists in the acute sector of NHS Scotland.

  • NHS Waiting Times - Diagnostics

    • February 2026

    Update of Waiting Times Statistics Quarterly waiting times statistics for Diagnostics - Information on number of patients waiting for a key diagnostic test.

  • IVF Waiting Times

    • February 2026

    Waiting times for IVF in Scotland. Eligible patients will commence IVF treatment within 12 months by 31 March 2015. This publication shows progress against that standard.

  • Acute Hospital Activity and NHS Beds Information

    • February 2026

    Provides a range of statistics relating to acute hospital activity and bed availability.

  • Out of Hours Primary Care Services in Scotland

    • February 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.

  • Pregnancy Screening for Infectious Diseases in Scotland

    • February 2026

    New official statistics in development on pregnancy screening for infectious diseases in Scotland. In the first release, the report provides information on pregnancy screening for hepatitis B only. It provides information on the coverage of screening for hepatitis B, screening results, and laboratory activity for financial years 2021/22 to 2023/24.

  • Weekly Update of Emergency Department Activity and Waiting Time Statistics

    • February 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.

    • February 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.

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