Professor John Robertson OBA From Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios, published today, the above funnel plot graph and: For the period January 2024 to December 2024: No hospitals had a significantly higher or lower standardised mortality ratio (SMR) than the national average. Two hospitals had an SMR below the lower warning limit: Raigmore (0.84) and Western General (0.82). https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/hospital-standardised-mortality-ratios/hospital-standardised-mortality-ratios-january-2024-to-december-2024 In plain language, this means that all of Scotland’s had, as in previous years, roughly the same mortality ratio, the actual number of deaths divided by the number predicted by NHS statisticians, based on the varying populations they serve, in terms of … Continue reading There is no postcode lottery in NHS Scotland’s hospital death rates in sharp contrast with NHS England where you might worry where you go