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Pregnancy infectious diseases screening in Scotland

The dataset provides information on the coverage and results of pregnancy screening for hepatitis B in Scotland.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Source Scottish Linked Pregnancy and Baby Dataset (SLiPBD). Electronic Communication of Surveillance Scotland (ECOSS).
Author PHS CARDRISS Team
Maintainer PHS Open Data team
Version Version 1.0
Last Updated April 8, 2026, 16:47 (BST)
Created April 7, 2026, 09:39 (BST)
Contact Address Public Health Scotland, Gyle Square, 1 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh EH12 9EB
Subject Pregnancy screening
Frequency Annual
Time frame of data and timeliness The data cover financial years 2021/22 to 2023/24 and are based on women eligible for pregnancy infectious diseases screening between April 1, 2021, and March 31, 2024
Coverage Scotland, 1 April 2021 - 31 March 2024
Completeness See Technical Report
Accuracy Data are subject to validation and quality assurance procedures in PHS. In addition, pregnancy and newborn screening NHS Board co-ordinators and NHS Board lead midwives have the opportunity to review data for their area prior to publication for data quality assurance.
Continuity of data Data are presented from 2021/22. There are no known impacts on the continuity of data in this release.
Concepts and definitions See glossary and appendix sections of the main report, and the supporting technical report.
Disclosure PHS Statistical Disclosure Control Protocol (https://publichealthscotland.scot/publications/public-health-scotland-statistical-disclosure-protocol/public-health-scotland-statistical-disclosure-protocol-version-22/) has been applied where appropriate.
Revision statement Figures contained within each publication may be subject to change in future publications. See PHS Statistical Revisions Policy
Official statistics designation Official statistics in development
Relevance and key uses of the statistics Providing information on the number of women eligible for pregnancy inectious diseases screening, the number having screening for hepatitis B, and screening results. Making information publicly available for monitoring, and service planning and provision.
Format CSV
Language English
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