Release Calendar

Summary: Annual update of heart disease statistics, including mortality, hospital activity and operations, incidence and prescribing.

Summary: Following public consultation these publications will be released as a single publication on a quarterly basis from 29 March 2011: Quarterly summary of inpatient, day case and outpatient activity and beds statistics for NHSScotland. Emergency Admissions for patients aged 65+: Summary of emergency admissions and bed days data for patients aged 65+. Data specifically relate to HEAT target. Monthly figures for same-day surgery. Data specifically relate to HEAT target.

Summary: Psychiatric hospital activity statistics. Contains information on trends in inpatient activity, including data shown by NHS Board and diagnosis. Statistics on psychiatric readmissions are also published.

Summary: Report from the Scottish Suicide Information Database (ScotSID) and covers suicides occurring in each calendar year. The aim of the database is to provide a central repository for information on all probable suicide deaths in Scotland in order to support epidemiology, preventive activity and policy making. The report provides information covering demographic information, contact with health services and related health data.

Summary: Quarterly New Cancer Waiting Times statistics for the 62-day target: patients urgently referred with a suspicion of cancer to first cancer treatment; and for the 31-day target: all patients regardless of the route of referral from date decision to treat to first cancer treatment by NHS Board, Cancer Network and Cancer Type.

Summary: Information on individuals presenting to drug treatment services, their journey through treatment and, using person 'follow up' data, an exploration of treatment outcomes.

Summary: A range of statistics that will vary each quarter, also includes data updated annually. Until December 2011 this publication was split as individual titles -Dispenser renumeration -Drugs indicated in the treatment of obesity -Drugs used rheumatic diseases and gout -Medicines used in mental health -Minor ailments service -Prescribing of smoking cessation interventions -Prescription charge analysis (abolished on the 1st April 2011) -Prescription cost analysis

Summary: Annual updates to various sections of the ScotPHO website, including key points, policy context, key data sources, references and data summaries.

Summary: Annual update of stroke statistics. A full update including information on mortality, hospital activity and operations, incidence, and prescribing.

Summary: Please note there was no publication for December 2012. This is no longer published by ISD - it will form part of the Chief Dental Officers Report 2012, published by the Scottish Government.