Professor John Robertson OBA From Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios April 2024 to March 2025 published today, the above graph reveals that all of Scotland’s hospitals have mortality ratios within the normal range confirming the complete absence of any postcode lottery here. Of particular interest, the large Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, extreme right, often unjustly criticised in media and serving one of the most disadvantaged populations in Scotland, has a below average mortality ration of 3.7, below the Scottish average. Source: https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/hospital-standardised-mortality-ratios/hospital-standardised-mortality-ratios-april-2024-to-march-2025 In England, we see more evidence of a two-tier system here with a cluster of hospitals in affluent areas … Continue reading Repeated hard evidence that there is no postcode lottery in Scotland’s hospitals and that Glasgow’s super hospital is actually safer than average