COVID 19 acquired in Scottish hospitals - data from FOI requests

What we found from the Public Health Scotland (PHS)

PHS provided RAPID COVID-19 data from 1 March 2020 to 31 March 2022. The data included admissions on individuals who first tested positive for COVID-19 (including reinfections after 90 days) 14 days prior to or during their admission to a hospital (only surgical, medical and paediatric specialities were included in the analysis).

The RAPID data uses an e…