Hospital mortality rate drops sharply

The mortality rate at Scotland’s hospitals has fallen by 8.4 per cent over the last three years.

The drop was achieved between January to March 2014 and the same period this year. The Royal Alexandra/ Vale of Leven Hospital had a higher mortality ratio than the national average in the first three months of 2017, while Edinburgh’s Western General was lower.

Of the 29 hospitals included in the report, 11 showed a reduction of more than 10 per cent since 2014.