Our organisation is the national surveillance centre for communicable diseases and health problems associated with environmental hazards. At the heart of our operations is the collection of accurate and timely data and it underpins all our activities in protecting the nation's health.
Surveillance information is provided to us through an extensive surveillance network which includes:
- laboratories
- hospitals
- general practitioners
- NHS boards
- local authorities
We also contribute surveillance information at a UK and international level through close collaboration with these specialist agencies.
Health protection epidemiology surveillance reports
This list is our latest surveillance reports that provide data and analysis on health protection topics.
- Laboratory reports of Norovirus in Scotland 25 Apr 2019
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 21 April 2019 25 Apr 2019
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 14 April 2019 18 Apr 2019
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 07 April 2019 11 Apr 2019
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 31 March 2019 04 Apr 2019
- Quarterly epidemiological data on Clostridioides difficile infection, Escherichia coli bacteraemia, Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia and Surgical Site Infection in Scotland. October to December (Q4) 2018 02 Apr 2019
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 24 March 2019 28 Mar 2019
- Scottish Environmental Incident Surveillance System (SEISS) 2018 Annual Report 26 Mar 2019
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 17 March 2019 21 Mar 2019
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 10 March 2019 14 Mar 2019
Electronic Communication of Surveillance in Scotland (ECOSS)
We've developed the ECOSS system to capture lab results from diagnostic and reference laboratories for analysis by our surveillance teams. Results used for surveillance purposes are selected using a set of rules that are organism and, in some cases, specimen specific. It's a national tool for monitoring organisms, infections and microbial intoxications that are of clinical or public health importance.