Weekly Admissions in Scotland for all ...
Weekly number of patients admitted as an emergency to a hospital in Scotland identified from Rapid Preliminary Inpatient Data (RAPID), with laboratory-confirmed respiratory infections (season 2020/21 onwards). The 9 respiratory conditions include COVID-19, Influenza (All, A or B), RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), Adenovirus, seasonal coronavirus (non-COVID-19), HMPV (human metapneumovirus), Parainfluenza (Any Type), Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Rhinovirus.
The case definition includes patients admitted as an emergency to a medical specialty in acute hospitals (excluding surgical, maternity/obstetrics and mental health specialties, and emergency admissions with patient injury codes) who have a PCR test result, taken within a period of between 14 days before the admission date and 48 hours after the admission date. COVID-19 test results can include LFD results (from 05 Jan 2022).
RAPID figures are subject to change and particularly for the most recent week may be incomplete for some Boards.
More detailed metadata is available from the Metadata tab of the PHS Viral Respiratory Diseases Surveillance dashboard.
Data Dictionary
| Column | Type | Label | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season | text | Flu season (year starting at week 40) | |
| ISOyear | numeric | ISO year when specimen was taken | |
| ISOweek | numeric | ISO week when specimen was taken | |
| WeekBeginning | numeric | First day of the week (Monday) when specimen was taken. Format YYYYMMDD | |
| WeekEnding | numeric | This represents the week a case was recorded, as the last day (Sunday) of that week. This is stored as a numeric in the format CCYYMMDD. | |
| Country | text | 9-digit geography code for Scotland | https://www.opendata.nhs.scot/dataset/geography-codes-and-labels |
| Pathogen | text | COVID-19, Influenza (All, A or B), RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), Adenovirus, seasonal coronavirus (non-COVID-19), HMPV (human metapneumovirus), Parainfluenza (Any Type), Mycoplasma pneumoniae or Rhinovirus | |
| NumberAdmissionsPerWeek | numeric | Number of laboratory-confirmed cases admitted to hospital in the week |
Additional Information
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Data last updated | October 16, 2025 |
| Metadata last updated | October 9, 2025 |
| Created | October 9, 2025 |
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