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 26 Mar 2020
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 22 March 2020 26 Mar 2020
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 15 March 2020 19 Mar 2020
- Immunisation and vaccine-preventable diseases quarterly updates October to December 2019 (Quarter 4) 17 Mar 2020
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 8 March 2020 12 Mar 2020
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 1 March 2020 05 Mar 2020
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 23 February 2020 27 Feb 2020
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 16 February 2020 20 Feb 2020
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 9 February 2020 13 Feb 2020
- Annual summary of Salmonella infections, 2019 11 Feb 2020
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.