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.
- STEC in Scotland 2018: Enhanced Surveillance and Reference Laboratory Data 20 Aug 2019
- Laboratory reports of Norovirus in Scotland 15 Aug 2019
- HPS Monthly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 11 August 2019 15 Aug 2019
- Travel health: Malaria reported in Scotland 2018 30 Jul 2019
- Surveillance of hepatitis C testing, diagnosis and treatment in Scotland, 2019 update 23 Jul 2019
- HPS Monthly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 14 July 2019 18 Jul 2019
- General bacterial and protozoal outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease reported to HPS in 2018 16 Jul 2019
- Quarterly epidemiological data on Clostridioides difficile infection, Escherichia coli bacteraemia, Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia and Surgical Site Infection in Scotland. January to March (Q1) 2019 02 Jul 2019
- HIV diagnoses in Scotland - quarterly data to 31 March 2019 25 Jun 2019
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 16 June 2019 20 Jun 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.