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National data schemes: Introduction

This section of the website gives an overview of the key national data schemes in Scotland used in public health intelligence, including

Primary care data collected by ISD Scotland:

* Quality Assurance Framework (QOF) and Practice Team Information (PTI) data

Secondary care data is collected by ISD Scotland:

* Hospital general and acute inpatients and day cases (SMR1), maternity inpatient and day cases (SMR02), and cancer registrations (SMR06)

For other specialised databases maintained by ISD Scotland (for example, Scottish Drug Misuse database, National dental inspection programme, National smoking cessation database, mental health inpatient and day cases (SMR04)), please refer to the key data sources pages in the relevant sections.

Mortality data collected by the GROS.

 

 Page update:

  • The last update of this page was completed in September 2009.
  • The next review is due to be carried out by end September 2010.