AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Unintentional Injuries

Summary of admissions to hospital and deaths in Scotland from unintentional injuries and assaults.

All publications and supporting material to this topic area can be found on the [Public Health Scotland Emergency Care Website](https://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Emergency-Care/). Further information on unintentional injuries can be found in the recent [annual publication](https://publichealthscotland.scot/publications/unintentional-injuries/).
The date of the next release can be found on our list of [forthcoming publications](https://publichealthscotland.scot/publications/forthcoming-publications/).


Tags: council area, death, health board, injury, smr01
Organization: Health and care
Prescriptions in the Community

There are three datasets included within this open data publication. The 'Data by Prescriber Location' file contains details of items dispensed in the community at prescribing location code level for General Practice data and aggregated by NHS Board for other prescriber location types. The 'Data by Dispenser Location' file contains details of items dispensed in the community by NHS Scotland dispensers at dispenser location code level and excludes Schedule 2 & 3 controlled drugs. The 'Data by Board' file contains details of items dispensed in the community at NHS Board of prescribing level. For all files items are described at British National Formulary (BNF) item description and Dictionary of Medicines & Devices (dm+d) level.

The glossary of terms for this publication can be found on the [PHS publication page](https://publichealthscotland.scot/publications/monthly-prescribing-activity-data/). The date of the next release can be found on our list of [forthcoming publications](https://publichealthscotland.scot/publications/forthcoming-publications/).

NHS Scotland has introduced a new dispensing contractor payment process and system. Data from May 2023 onwards may not be directly comparable to data published previously and should be interpreted with caution.

One area of note is the paid quantity for items with certain formulations may appear significantly higher in data from May 2023 onwards. For example; 1 item of an inhaler may have previously shown a paid quantity of 2 per item. Going forward, this quantity may increase to 240 for 1 item. In these instances, the increased quantity reflects the number of doses or uses within a single item, rather than the quantity of the item itself (e.g. 1 inhaler). Another area of note is that BNF Item Descriptions have changed. Some will not match to those with the same BNF Item code from April 2023 data and earlier.

There is a drop in overall GIC for certain BNF sections from May 2023 onwards. The data reflects the costs reimbursed at the time of processing and this has already been identified as anomalous and referred back to the data processor, NHS National Services Scotland Practitioner and Counter Fraud Services Division.

Tags: british national formulary bnf, drug, general practice, generic drug, health board, medicine, prescribing, prescription, proprietary drug
Organization: Health and care
Dispenser Location Contact Details

This dataset contains the location and contact details for all dispensers across Scotland.

All publications and supporting material to this topic area can be found on the Public Health Scotland website: [Overview of prescribing data](https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/healthcare-system/system-monitoring-accountability-and-quality-of-care/prescribing-data/overview-of-prescribing-data/).

Tags: address, data zone, dispenser, dispensing, health and social care partnership, health board, medication, medicine, pharmacy, postcode
Organization: Health and care
Weekly A&E Activity and Waiting Times

This is the new weekly Accident & Emergency (A&E) open data area. From 2 May 2023 the weekly attendance and waiting times statistics at Emergency Departments (EDs) across Scotland will be published here. The monthly A&E open data statistics can be found [here](https://www.opendata.nhs.scot/dataset/monthly-accident-and-emergency-activity-and-waiting-times/).

Please note as of the 4th of February 2025 there have been some updates to the open data. The data now includes new planned activity and this data is available from December 2020. Further information on new planned activity can be found [here](https://publichealthscotland.scot/healthcare-system/urgent-and-unscheduled-care/accident-and-emergency/overview/planned-attendances/). The Department Type names have changed and Type 1 replaces ED and Type 3 replaces MIU/Other. Further information is available in the [A&E Data Recording manual](https://publichealthscotland.scot/media/23436/data-manual-v26.pdf).

Please also note that the Weekly Accident and Emergency Activity data now contains a breakdown by attendance category with New Planned and Unplanned and an All which is a combination of the New Planned and Unplanned. When doing calculations on the data either filter out All or Unplanned/New Planned to prevent double counting.

This release by Public Health Scotland (PHS), provides a weekly update of key statistics on attendances at Emergency Departments (EDs) across Scotland. The information includes trends in the number of attendances and proportion waiting over 4, 8 and 12 hours.

These statistics do not reflect all types of A&E activity and they should not be used to monitor against the 4-hour A&E access standard.

Further information on A&E services across Scotland can be found [here](https://publichealthscotland.scot/data-and-intelligence/ae-activity/).

Tags: Accident and Emergency care, Emergency Care, Waiting times
Organization: Health and care
Monthly A&E Activity and Waiting Times

On 2 May 2023, this release was updated to include additional data for demographics, referral and when people attend. Please note that discharge destination is now in a separate file and that some of the variable names in the monthly attendance and waiting times data have changed to better align them between data releases. Weekly A&E open data can now be found [here](https://www.opendata.nhs.scot/dataset/weekly-accident-and-emergency-activity-and-waiting-times).

Please note as of the 4th of February 2025 there have been some updates to the open data. The data now includes new planned activity and this data is available from December 2020. Further information on new planned activity can be found [here](https://publichealthscotland.scot/healthcare-system/urgent-and-unscheduled-care/accident-and-emergency/overview/planned-attendances/). The Department Type names have changed and Type 1 replaces ED and Type 3 replaces MIU/Other. Further information is available in the [A&E Data Recording manual](https://publichealthscotland.scot/media/23436/data-manual-v26.pdf).

Please also note that the Monthly Accident and Emergency Activity data now contains a breakdown by attendance category with New Planned and Unplanned and an All which is a combination of the New Planned and Unplanned. When doing calculations on the data either filter out All or Unplanned/New Planned to prevent double counting.

This release by Public Health Scotland (PHS), provides a monthly update of key statistics on attendances at Accident & Emergency Departments (A&E) across Scotland. The information includes trends in the number of attendances and proportion waiting over 4, 8 and 12 hours, and from May 2023 this release was expanded to include data on demographics, when patients attend, referral source, discharge destination and multiple attenders. Further information on A&E services across Scotland can be found [here](https://publichealthscotland.scot/data-and-intelligence/ae-activity/).

Tags: Accident and Emergency care, Emergency Care, Waiting times
Organization: Health and care
Primary Care Out Of Hours

This release by Public Health Scotland (PHS), provides a monthly update of key statistics on Primary Care Out Of Hours (PC OOH) Services across Scotland. The information includes trends in the number of PC OOH cases and consultations in the out of hours period. The out of hours period is defined as 6pm – 8am weekdays and weekends/public holidays. It includes information on the type of consultation, e.g. home visit, telephone advice and Primary Care Emergency Centre (PCEC). It also includes information on the number of A&E attendances (unplanned plus new planned) in the out of hours period. Further information on PC OOH services across Scotland can be found [here](https://publichealthscotland.scot/healthcare-system/urgent-and-unscheduled-care/primary-care-out-of-hours/overview/what-are-out-of-hours-services/).

Organization: Health and care
Quarterly Epidemiological Data on Healthcare Associated Infections

Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infection (ARHAI) Scotland provides quarterly statistics and a combined epidemiological commentary for Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), Escherichia coli bacteraemia (ECB), Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (SAB) and  Surgical Site Infection (SSI) in Scotland. Quarterly case numbers and denominator data are provided in order to calculate infection rates and SSI incidence for the 14 regional NHS boards and one Special NHS Board. 
The full report and relevant documents, including methods and caveats, are available to view at: https://www.nss.nhs.scot/antimicrobial-resistance-and-healthcare-associated-infection/data-and-intelligence/guidance-protocols-and-reports/ 


Tags: bacteraemia, c. difficile, cdi, e. coli, ecb, hai, healthcare associated infection, sab, ssi, staphylococcus aureus, surgical site infection
Organization: Health protection
Delayed Discharges in NHSScotland

These data provide monthly information on the number of hospital bed days occupied by people delayed in their discharge and the number of people experiencing a delay in discharge from hospital at the monthly census point. The data relate to people aged 18 and over who were clinically ready for discharge. Figures are shown for Scotland, NHS Board of delay and Council area / Local authority of residence.

Further information on delayed discharges can be found in the [monthly](https://publichealthscotland.scot/publications/delayed-discharges-in-nhsscotland-monthly/) and [annual publications](https://publichealthscotland.scot/publications/delayed-discharges-in-nhsscotland-annual/).
The date of the next release can be found on our list of [forthcoming publications](https://publichealthscotland.scot/publications/forthcoming-publications/).

Tags: council area, delay, delayed discharge, discharge, health board, social care
Organization: Health and care
Stage of Treatment Waiting Times

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This dataset reports key statistics on New Outpatient,  Inpatient and Day case Waiting Times, at NHS boards across Scotland. Starting from the October 2025 release, this set of statistics now contains two additional data files to be refreshed on a monthly basis, containing performance and distribution of waits data for the most recent 25 months.

 Following implementation of the Scottish Government’s revised  [ Waiting Times Guidance ](https://www.gov.scot/publications/nhsscotland-waiting-times-guidance-november-2023/pages/2/), published in December 2023, these statistics have been aligned to the revised waiting time clock adjustment rules since 30 July 2025. An initial impact assessment, including technical details of implementation, was published with the first release of statistics using the new guidance in October 2025. An [ extended impact assessment ](https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/healthcare-system/waiting-times/inpatient-day-case-and-new-outpatient-waiting-times/overview/regulations-and-guidance/) was published in April 2026, with more detailed analysis on the impact of implementation on key trends over the full year to March 2026.

For more information on stage of treatment waiting times see the NHS waiting times - stage of treatment publications. The date of the next release can be found on our list of forthcoming publications.

 Due to the live nature of local Patient Management Systems and the national data mart, historical trend data are routinely refreshed from one publication to the next, leading to slight revisions in statistics, particularly those for the previous month end. The reasoning behind these retrospective changes and details of ongoing investigations are described in the dedicated Data Quality webpage.

Across NHS Scotland, the net effect of all revisions for new outpatients was an increase of 0.4% (+2,089) in the number of ongoing waits and 0.4% (+373) in the number of attendances compared to previously published figures for the month ending 30 April 2026. Drawing the same comparison for inpatient and day case treatment, the net effect was an increase of 1.2% (+1,886) ongoing waits and 0.1% (+29) admissions.

For more information, please see the [ Data Quality ](https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/stage-of-treatment-waiting-times-data-quality-issues/) section of the website.


Tags: daycase, inpatient, outpatient, stage of treatment, treatment, waiting list, waiting time
Organization: Health and care
Drug and Alcohol Treatment Waiting Times

"Data are presented on referrals and waiting times for people accessing specialist drug and alcohol services in Scotland. Information available includes waiting times for drug and alcohol treatment referrals where the person either started treatment during the quarter (a completed wait) or were waiting to start treatment at the end of the quarter (an ongoing wait). In addition, information describing the referrals received, the demographics of people starting treatment and the types of treatments started is also available. 

Data includes breakdowns by NHS Board, Alcohol and Drug Partnership, service type (community-based, prison-based, and hospital-based) and the substance(s) people sought help for. "

Tags: ADP, alcohol, alcohol and drug partnership, alcohol treatment, co-dependency, drug treatment, drugs, substance use, waiting times
Organization: Health and care
Cancer Waiting Times

Cancer Waiting Times statistics for the 62-day standard for patients urgently referred with a suspicion of cancer to first cancer treatment and for the 31-day standard for patients regardless of the route of referral from date decision to treat to first cancer treatment.  Includes data presented by NHS Board and Cancer Type.


Tags: 31 day, 62 day, breast, cervical, compliance, growth, head and neck, health board, lung, lymphoma, malignant, melanoma, neoplasm, ovarian, skin, standard, target, upper gastrointestinal, upper gi, urological
Organization: Health and care
Allied Health Professionals - Musculoskeletal Waiting Times

Waiting times information for Musculoskeletal (MSK) services that are delivered by Allied Health Professionals (AHP) in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Chiropody/Podiatry and Orthotics

Tags: ahp, allied health, chiropody, dna, health board, mats, msk, occupational therapy, orthotics, patients seen, patients waiting, physiotherapy, podiatry, referral, waiting time
Organization: Health and care
Termination of Pregnancy in Scotland

Annual update of terminations of pregnancy in Scotland.

Terminations are carried out under the terms of the Abortion Act 1967 with two doctors agreeing that a termination of pregnancy is necessary under at least one of the Grounds as specified in the 1991 Regulations. There is a legal requirement on service providers to notify the Chief Medical Officer for Scotland (CMO) of all terminations under-taken in Scotland. Prior to 1st May 2022 PHS received termination data from the CMO. Since 1st May 2022 PHS has received this data direct from termination services on the Termination of Pregnancy Submissions Scotland (ToPSS) system. 
An abortion can be induced (therapeutic) or spontaneous (miscarriage) and may be carried out either surgically (eg vacuum aspiration, dilation and curettage) or medically using two drugs, an antiprogesterone and a prostaglandin. This report focuses only on induced abortions. We also refer to these as terminations of pregnancy to avoid confusion with spontaneous abortions.

Information is provided by age, gestation, method of termination, NHS board of residence, deprivation area, previous termination and council area of residence.

For more information on terminations of pregnancy see the [terminations section](https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/our-areas-of-work/health-and-wellbeing/sexual-health/data-and-intelligence/termination-of-pregnancy/) of the PHS website and the [annual publication](https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/termination-of-pregnancy-statistics/). For related topics, please see the [sexual health pages](https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/our-areas-of-work/health-and-wellbeing/sexual-health/data-and-intelligence/overview/). 

The date of the next release can be found on our list of [forthcoming publications](https://publichealthscotland.scot/publications/forthcoming-publications/).

Tags: abortion, induced abortion, pregnancy, sexual health, termination, therapeutic abortion
Organization: Health and care
Prescribed and Dispensed

This dataset contains details of items prescribed and subsequently dispensed in the community at prescribing location (GP Practices, Dentists and Hospitals) and dispensing locations (Community Pharmacies) within Scotland.

The date of the next release can be found on our list of [forthcoming publications](https://publichealthscotland.scot/publications/forthcoming-publications/).

NHS Scotland has introduced a new dispensing contractor payment process and system. Due to this new system, data from May 2023 onwards should be treated as provisional. Data from May 2023 onwards may not be directly comparable to data published previously and should be interpreted with caution.


Tags: dentist, dispensing, drug, general practice, hospital, pharmacy, postcode, prescribing, prescription
Organization: Health and care
Community Pharmacy - Contractor Activity

Public Health Scotland has released Community Pharmacy activity and direct pharmaceutical care services. This information release makes these data available in response to information requests for contractor data relating to specific Community Pharmacy services. 

The date of the next release can be found on our list of [forthcoming publications](https://publichealthscotland.scot/publications/forthcoming-publications/).

Tags: ailment, chronic, contraception, contractor, medication, methadone, minor, payment, pharmacy, service, smoking
Organization: Health and care
Psychological Therapies Waiting Times

Psychological therapies refer to a range of interventions, based on psychological concepts and theory, which are designed to help people understand and make changes to their thinking, behaviour and relationships in order to relieve distress and to improve functioning.  The target applies specifically to psychological therapies for treatment of a mental illness or disorder.

The Psychological Therapies service are subject to deliver an 18 week wait from referral to treatment for specialist services this has been the standard since December 2014. This supersedes the previous target of 26 weeks. The data shows the performances of the board in relation to this standard.

Tags: PTI, adult, intervention, mental health, waiting time
Organization: Health and care
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Waiting Times

The main function of CAMHS is to develop and deliver services for those children and young people (and their parents/carers) who are experiencing the most serious mental health problems. They also have an important role in supporting the mental health capability of the wider network of children's services. CAMHS are usually delivered by multidisciplinary teams including nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and others.

Delivery of good quality CAMHS depends on adequate numbers of well trained staff being recruited and retained across NHSScotland. Practitioners who contribute to CAMHS include: psychiatric nurses, child and adolescent psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, social workers, psychotherapists (including child/analytical, systemic/family, cognitive behavioural), creative therapists (including art, music and drama), play therapists, liaison teachers, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and dieticians.

Timely access to healthcare is a key measure of quality and that applies equally in respect of access to mental health services. Early action is more likely to result in full recovery and, in the case of children and young people, will also minimise the impact on other aspects of their development such as their education, so improving their wider social development outcomes.

CAMHS are subject to deliver an 18 week wait from referral to treatment for specialist services this has been the standard since December 2014. This supersedes the previous target of 26 weeks. The data shows the performances of the board in relation to this standard.

Tags: adolescent, camhs, child, health board, mental health, waiting time
Organization: Health and care
Inpatient and Day Case Activity

An inpatient is a patient who stays in hospital for one or more nights and occupies an available staffed bed.  An inpatient’s admission can be an emergency, an elective (planned/routine) or a transfer.. A day case is a patient who comes into hospital for a more involved procedure than an outpatient. This may need some recovery time at the hospital, but the patient should be able to go home the same day.

Tags: age, council area, deprivation, episode, health board, hospital, sex, smr01, specialty, stay
Organization: Health and care
NHS Beds information in Scotland

To provide an effective, safe and efficient service to patients, hospitals must balance the provision of staffed inpatient beds against anticipated demand. Historically, the total number of beds has been reducing in line with evolving models of healthcare provision that aim to reduce the frequency and duration of hospital admissions and improve the integration of health and social care services. This strategy aims to improve outcomes for patients and reduce the likelihood of future hospital admissions.

Tags: NHS board, bed, health board, hospital, isds1, specialty
Organization: Health and care
Outpatient Activity

An outpatient is a patient who attends a clinic for a short appointment – this may be for a consultation with a specialist healthcare professional, a test, scan or a procedure/treatment. This does not require an overnight stay. Outpatient attendances are categorised as new or return (follow-up). Outpatient data within this publication are for consultant-led activity only.

Please note that there have been outpatient methodological changes. Previously, the ISD(S)1 outpatients data source was used for return outpatient activity due to poorer completeness for historical SMR00 return outpatients. SMR00 return outpatients data are now more complete meaning SMR00 data can be used for both new and return outpatients. As a result, publications from February 2025 onwards will not be directly comparable to previous publications.

 Please note that there have been outpatient methodological changes. Previously, the ISD(S)1 outpatients data source was used for return outpatient activity due to poorer completeness for historical SMR00 return outpatients. SMR00 return outpatients data are now more complete meaning SMR00 data can be used for both new and return outpatients. As a result, publications from February 2025 onwards will not be directly comparable to previous publications.

Tags: age, council area, deprivation, health board, hospital, sex, smr00, specialty
Organization: Health and care