About ISD
Scotland has some of the best health service data in the world. Few other countries have information which combines high quality data, consistency, national coverage and the ability to link data to allow patient based analysis and follow up. The Information Services Division (ISD) is a division of National Services Scotland, part of NHS Scotland. ISD provides health information, health intelligence, statistical services and advice that support the NHS in progressing quality improvement in health and care and facilitates robust planning and decision making.
What's New in ISD?
Public Health Scotland 
This website is changing.
From 1 April 2020 Public
Health Scotland will be responsible for this website.
COVID-19 and the production of statistics
Due to the coronavirus illness (COVID-19) we anticipate that there might be some changes in terms of our regular statistical production. The current disruption to Scotland and the rest of the UK could affect the quality of some of our statistics, such as lower accuracy, or it could mean there is less detail available, such as fewer local and regional breakdowns. In some cases, the production of some data series may need to be suspended. Alternatively, we may find there are advantages to using other data sources.
Decisions will be made on a case by case basis, taking into account what information is currently relevant given the situation, with the three pillars of the Code of Practice for Statistics (Trustworthiness, Quality and Value) guiding our decisions. Giving everyone access to statistics at the same time remains a fundamental principle of the Code, but where this cannot be maintained we will be open and transparent about this and any other potential effects on our statistics. These decisions will be underpinned by the Office for Statistics Regulation's guidance on Changes to statistical outputs during the coronavirus outbreak.
We will keep you informed as developments unfold. We remain committed to providing the best and most accurate information we can, serving the public good at a time when it is needed the most.
NHS Performs - Latest update
NHS Performs is a website which brings together a range of information on how hospitals and NHS Boards within NHSScotland are performing. It aims to provide this information in an easy to access, clear and understandable way.
NHS Performs has been updated to include information on:
- Emergency Department activity for the week ending 22 November 2020
- Accident and Emergency activity for October 2020
- Delayed Discharges for October 2020
- Cancelled Operations for October 2020
- Staff Numbers for July-September 2020
[1 December 2020]
Latest Statistics
Publications are no longer updated on this website. View the latest releases of publications on our Beta website.
Publications prior to July 2020 can still be found on the publications pages.
The Scottish Public Health Observatory (ScotPHO) is a major web resource that has been developed by ISD Scotland in collaboration with NHS Health Scotland and other key national organisations.