Release Calendar

Summary: Quarterly release of the Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios (HSMR's) of all hospitals participating in the Scottish Patient Safety Programme

Summary: Update of Waiting Times Statistics • Quarterly waiting times statistics for the 18 weeks Referral to Treatment standard. • Stage of treatment - Summary of waiting times and waiting lists in the acute sector of NHS Scotland. • Diagnostic - Measurement of Current • Emergency Departments - moved to a separate release as Emergency Department Activity under Unscheduled Care programme from 29 November 2011. From February 2010 to November 2011 these publications were released as separate titles as described above.

Summary: • Attendances by site type and attendance category (Scotland and NHS Board of treatment). • Attendance and admission rate split by age band and gender (Scotland and NHS Board of treatment). • Attendance rates for T10 HEAT target (Scotland and NHS board of treatment) • Quarterly release of total attendances and attendances and 4 hour waiting times (Scotland, NHS Board of treatment and location of treatment)

Summary: The release includes information on a range of workforce statistics that will vary each quarter.

Summary: The Abortion update contains information on notifications, to the Chief Medical Officer for Scotland, of terminations of pregnancy under the Abortion Act 1967. The release includes numbers and rates for Scotland, NHS Boards and Local Council Areas.

Summary: Updates to NHSScotland workforce information - agency and bank nurse usage. Prior to June 2010 this publication was released as part of an overall "NHSScotland Workforce Statistics" publication. This publication will be released quarterly from June 2011. From December 2011 this publication will be renamed 'NHS Scotland Workforce Statistics'.