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 16 Jan 2020
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 12 January 2020 16 Jan 2020
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 5 January 2020 09 Jan 2020
- Quarterly epidemiological data on Clostridioides difficile infection, Escherichia coli bacteraemia, Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia and Surgical Site Infection in Scotland. July to September (Q3) 2019 07 Jan 2020
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 29 December 2019 03 Jan 2020
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 22 December 2019 27 Dec 2019
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 15 December 2019 19 Dec 2019
- Implementation of HIV PrEP in Scotland: Second Year Report 17 Dec 2019
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 8 December 2019 13 Dec 2019
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 1 December 2019 05 Dec 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.