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 20 Jun 2019
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 16 June 2019 20 Jun 2019
- Overseas outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease 2018 11 Jun 2019
- Syphilis in Scotland, 2018: Update 28 May 2019
- Genital chlamydia and gonorrhoea infection in Scotland: laboratory diagnoses 2009-2018 28 May 2019
- Gonococcal antibiotic surveillance in Scotland (GASS): prevalence, patterns and trends in 2018 28 May 2019
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 19 May 2019 24 May 2019
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 12 May 2019 16 May 2019
- Laboratory-confirmed travel-related infections in Scotland during 2018 14 May 2019
- Annual surveillance report - Shigella in Scotland 2018 14 May 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.