The Health in the early years ‘HEYS’ dashboard released by Public Health Scotland, offers comprehensive, quarterly data on early childhood health indicators in Scotland. This inaugural release focuses on breastfeeding statistics—exclusive, overall, and ‘ever breastfed’—as well as developmental concerns identified during Health Visitor reviews at 10–14 days, 6–8 weeks, 13–15 months, 27–30 months, and 4–5 years. The data is presented by Health Board and Council Area of residence, facilitating localised insights. The HEYS Dashboard enhances accessibility with time series charts, comparative visualisations, and downloadable metadata, supporting in-depth analysis and evidence-based decision-making.

The Quality Prescribing for Respiratory Illness  report provides a comprehensive overview of respiratory prescribing and outcomes across Scotland, supported by detailed data tables for each NHS Board. It includes a wide range of indicators covering prescribing volumes, treatment quality, medication mix, environmental impact, and inhaler-use patterns. Together, the guidance and accompanying data offer a clear national picture of current respiratory care and opportunities for improvement.

Public Health Scotland’s ‘Teenage Pregnancies – Public Health Scotland Year of Conception report‘ provides a comprehensive overview of teenage pregnancies across Scotland. It reports on patterns in conception, birth, and termination among teenagers, highlighting variations across different NHS boards and geographical areas. The report also examines the influence of socio-economic factors, such as deprivation, on teenage pregnancy outcomes, and provides insights into trends over time. This information is used to inform public health strategies and targeted interventions aimed at reducing unintended teenage pregnancies and supporting young people.

The report ‘Congenital Conditions in Scotland‘ presents official statistics on the prevalence of congenital conditions among pregnancies in Scotland. Scotland presents the first findings from the new national register of babies with congenital conditions, covering pregnancies ending in Scotland between 2021 and 2022. The report highlights stable prevalence rates across the two years and provides valuable insights into pregnancy outcomes and condition types, supporting improved care and planning.

Data tables are also available for Lanarkshire-specific data, offering localized insights to support regional healthcare planning and service delivery.

The NHS Lanarkshire Infant, Children and Young People’s Health Plan outlines a strategic framework aimed at enhancing the health and well-being of young populations across Lanarkshire. This plan focuses on early intervention, mental health support, and collaborative care models, ensuring that services are accessible, equitable, and responsive to the needs of children and families.

By aligning with national health priorities and local community insights. Its “Where are we now” section provides a population-level baseline by compiling existing information on maternal, infant, child and adolescent health — drawing on demographics, health-determinant indicators, and service-use patterns.

The Scottish Government’s Statistics and Research page  offers access to official data and analytical reports that inform policy and public services across Scotland. Covering topics such as youth homelessness, health and education the site supports transparency and evidence-based decision-making. Data is available on Data Zones, Intermediate Zones, and Output Areas. To find the reports on children, click on ‘Topic’ and select ‘Children and Families’.

Complementing this, the Getting it Right for Every Child (GIRFEC) Information Sharing Charter –  Getting it Right for Every Child (GIRFEC) Information Sharing Charter – Children and Young People outlines clear guidelines for sharing and protecting personal information about children in Scotland. It emphasizes transparency, consent, and privacy, empowering children aged 12 and over to manage their data rights. The charter reinforces Scotland’s commitment to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of children by involving them and their families in decisions about information sharing.

• Explore the data | Benchmarking

Statistical information can be accessed through the Local Government Benchmarking Framework Dashboards. The Dashboard provides statistics on North and South Lanarkshire by service area. The ‘Vulnerable children’ Service Area includes data on school attendance rates, literacy attainment gap, and proportion of children being looked after in the community.

• The Mental Health Inpatient Census  

The data provides an annual snapshot of who is receiving specialist child and adolescent mental-health inpatient care in Scotland, It offers a high-level picture of children and young people treated in NHS facilities, broken down by health board. It supports policy development and service planning by providing validated, Official Statistics on admission patterns, ward use, referral routes and clinical need.

Public Health Scotland provides Childhood Immunisation Statistics  by quarterly and annual update on childhood immunisation uptake rates across Scotland. It reports data at the national level, with breakdowns by NHS boards and local authorities for children at 12 months, 24 months, 5 years, and 6 years of age. The report highlights trends in vaccine coverage, disparities by ethnicity and geography, and progress toward the World Health Organization’s 95% immunisation target. These accredited official statistics support public health planning and policy development.

• SCRA’s Official Statistics 2024/2025 – SCRA

The site provides the latest annual official statistics published by the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA). It includes multiple formats — a full online statistics release, a statistical analysis report, a local-authority breakdown, an interactive dashboard and downloadable data files (CSV). It reports on how many children and young people are referred to the Reporter (on care/protection or offence grounds), how many hearings are held, how many children are subject to protection or supervision orders, and how these figures vary by age and locality.

• https://scotland.shinyapps.io/is-community-planning-outcomes-profile/

The site provides an interactive tool to set and compare key indicators within North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire and all other localities. Data can be found on healthy birthweight, child poverty, Average highest attainment, primary one body mass index.

• Community Planning

The link provides access to the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) that sets out a comprehensive overview of the health, wellbeing and social-care needs of the local population, bringing together the latest evidence to inform strategic planning, commissioning and priority-setting across the area.

The accompanying Data Appendix provides the detailed underlying datasets that support the JSNA, presenting population, health, social-care and wider determinants indicators at a range of geographic and demographic levels to enable deeper analysis and comparison across communities.

• South Lanarkshire Connect Council Plans and policies

The plan reports on how South Lanarkshire will focus on what matters to the people and the priorities they have identified. Focusing on three themes people, Planet and progress. From the themes South Lanarkshire reports on 6 outcomes, Communities and environment, Education and Learning, Health and Wellbeing, Children and young people, housing and Land and economy.

Public performance reports – South Lanarkshire Council provides access to:

• Children and Families Public Performance Report that outlines how the service supports children, young people, and families in line with key outcomes of the Council Plan. It includes performance indicators, inspection results, and feedback from service users.
• Working with Communities Public Performance Report highlights how the Council and its Community Planning partners engage with communities to address poverty, inequality, and local priorities.

The North Lanarkshire Council Children’s Services Plan supports children and young people to grow up safe, healthy, nurtured and able to achieve their potential. The Plan includes a summary of the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment in Section 5. For the full, detailed JSNA, the link to the full document is available on page 14 within the highlighted orange box. The JSNA provides data on population and demographic trends, birth rates and early year’s indicators, poverty and measures of deprivation.

The Strategic Commissioning Plan sets out how the Health & Social Care Partnership plans and delivers services for North Lanarkshire. The Plan provides data on population change, life expectancy trends, poverty and deprivation, along with critical public-health indicators such as the drug-related death rate and alcohol-related mortality.

The document also contains a comprehensive Strategic Needs Analysis, presenting data  on the needs of children and young people, covering mental health, Dental Health and immunisation uptake.

Children’s Social Work Statistics – Scottish Government provides comprehensive statistical publications on children’s social work in Scotland. It includes data and analysis on looked after children, those eligible for aftercare, children on the child protection register, and those in secure care accommodation. The resources support evidence-based policy and practice, offering insights into trends, outcomes, and benchmarking tools for local authorities. The site also features educational outcomes and strategic documents to inform service development and improvement.