Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios

Release of HSMR at Scotland, NHS Board and Hospital levels for the period January 2023 to December 2023. Also includes analyses of crude mortality trends over the longer term from July to September 2016 to October to December 2023.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Source SMR01/NRS Death Registrations – Linked Database
Author PHS Quality Indicators team
Maintainer PHS Open Data team
Last Updated May 14, 2024, 11:01 (BST)
Created August 9, 2021, 13:40 (BST)
Contact Address Public Health Scotland, Gyle Square, 1 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh, EH12 9EB
Subject Hospital Mortality
Frequency Quarterly
Time frame of data and timeliness Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios (HSMR) for the latest 12 month period from January 2023 to December 2023. Quarterly crude mortality trends from July to September 2016 to October to December 2023.
Coverage Scotland, July 2016 - December 2023
Completeness Approximately 95% for the latest quarter.
Accuracy Quality assured by NHS Boards (management information version of reports) and PHS
Continuity of data SMR01 has recorded data in current form since April 2007
Concepts and definitions Contains sections on Data Source, Methodology and Development
Disclosure PHS Statistical Disclosure Control Protocol (https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/statistical-disclosure-protocol/statistical-disclosure-protocol/) has been applied where appropriate.
Revision statement The publication contains a refresh of previously reported crude mortality data to reflect additional source data that has been received since last publication.
Official statistics designation Accredited official statistics
Relevance and key uses of the statistics Quality improvement and assurance.
Format CSV
Language English
Links

https://publichealthscotland.scot/publications/hospital-standardised-mortality-ratios/