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Health and social care: a year of progress 2025-2026
This report on driving improvement and building a stronger NHS sets out the progress in Scotland’ health and social care system during 2025 to 2026 and summarises activity under the NHS recovery plan and operational improvement plan. It then looks ahead to our next phase of reform.
5. Annex A: Data Sources
5.1 Section 2.1: Waiting Times
- Stage of treatment waiting times - Inpatients, day cases and new outpatients 24 February 2026 - NHS waiting times - stage of treatment - Publications - Public Health Scotland
- Diagnostic waiting times - Waits for key diagnostic tests 24 February 2026 - NHS waiting times - diagnostics - Publications - Public Health Scotland
- Appointments and procedures - How we support the NHS Operational Improvement Plan - What we do and how we work - About us - Public Health Scotland
- The National Joint Registry - Working for patients, committed to excellence.
- Cancelled planned operations - Month ending 31 January 2026 - Cancelled planned operations - Publications - Public Health Scotland
- Acute hospital activity and NHS beds information (annual) - year ending 31 March 2025 - Acute hospital activity and NHS beds information (annual) - Publications - Public Health Scotland
- Cancer waiting times - 1 July to 30 September 2025 - Cancer waiting times - Publications - Public Health Scotland
5.2 Section 2.2: Improving Flow
- https://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.scot/htmldocs/hospital-at-home-programme-december-2025-update/#h2-anchor-8
- https://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.scot/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Frailty-services-in-Scotland-2025-26-October-2025.pdf
- https://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.scot/htmldocs/focus-on-frailty-programme-update-february-2026/#h2-anchor-2
- https://www.nhsborders.scot.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/latest-news/2025/december/17/new-frailty-unit-opens-at-the-borders-general-hospital/
5.3 Section 2.4: Prevention
- Cardiovascular disease prevention scheme - directed enhanced service uptake 2025-2026
- University Intake Targets for Dentistry - Scottish Funding Council
- NHS Pharmacy First Scotland 21 October 2025 - NHS Pharmacy First Scotland - Publications - Public Health Scotland
5.4 Section 2.5: Mental Health:
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Waiting Times
- Supporting people in distress - Milestone reached in vital mental health programme - Distress Brief Intervention Scotland
5.5 Section 3: NHS Recovery Plan – 2021-2026: Final Summary
- https://www.scottishambulance.com/publications/unscheduled-care-operational-statistics/
- Preventing Harm, Promoting Recovery: Scotland's Alcohol & Drugs Strategic Plan 2026 – 2035 - gov.scot
- https://publichealthscotland.scot/publications/nhs-waiting-times-stage-of-treatment/stage-of-treatment-waiting-times-inpatients-day-cases-and-new-outpatients-24-february-2026/
- Diagnostic waiting times - Waits for key diagnostic tests 24 February 2026 - NHS waiting times - diagnostics - Publications - Public Health Scotland
- Acute hospital activity and NHS beds information (annual) - year ending 31 March 2025 - Acute hospital activity and NHS beds information (annual) - Publications - Public Health Scotland
- Cardiovascular disease prevention scheme - directed enhanced service uptake 2025-2026 - gov.scot
- National Naloxone programme Scotland - Quarterly Monitoring Bulletin January to March (Q4) 2024/25 - National naloxone programme Scotland - Quarterly monitoring bulletin - Publications - Public Health Scotland
Contact
Email: DirectorForHealthandSocialCarePerformanceandDelivery@gov.scot