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 13 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
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 24 November 2019 28 Nov 2019
- HIV diagnoses in Scotland - quarterly report to 30 September 2019 26 Nov 2019
- HPS Weekly National Seasonal Respiratory Report - week ending 17 November 2019 21 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
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.