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 14 Nov 2019
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 10 November 2019 14 Nov 2019
- Scottish One Health Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistance in 2018 12 Nov 2019
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 3 November 2019 07 Nov 2019
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 27 October 2019 31 Oct 2019
- Enhanced Surveillance of Mycobacterial Infections in Scotland: 2019 Tuberculosis Annual Report for Scotland 29 Oct 2019
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 20 October 2019 24 Oct 2019
- Zoonotic disease in Scotland, 2018 22 Oct 2019
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 13 October 2019 17 Oct 2019
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 6 October 2019 10 Oct 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.