From Percentage of end of life spent at home or in a community setting Financial years ending 31 March 2017 to 2026 published yesterday, the above graph and:

In 2025/26, there were 57,913 deaths in Scotland. This includes people who died after a fall but excludes deaths from other external causes such as accidents (see excel tables for more information on the exclusions). These individuals spent on average 89.8% of their last six months of life at home or in a community setting, with the remaining 10.2% spent in hospital. This is equivalent to an average of 19 days in hospital in the six months prior to death, similar to 2024/25.

Looking at the trend in the percentage of time spent at home or in the community in the last six months of life, 2025/26 (89.8%) was slightly lower than 2020/21 (90.6%) and 2021/22 (90.1%), which had the highest percentages, but was higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic (88.8% in 2019/20).

Source: https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/percentage-of-end-of-life-spent-at-home-or-in-a-community-setting/percentage-of-end-of-life-spent-at-home-or-in-a-community-setting-financial-years-ending-31-march-2017-to-2026/

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