The Evening Times ran an article about figures in a new report showing that women from Lanarkshire experience higher-than-average rates of stillbirth and neonatal deaths than other parts of Scotland. The region recorded the second-highest rate in Scotland with 6.42 deaths per 1,000 births. However it is worth noting that the figure of 7,096 Lanarkshire resident […]
Continued progress with HSMR targets
NHS Lanarkshire continues its excellent work to reduce hospital standardised mortality ratios (HSMR).
HSMR is one measurement tool that compares a hospital’s mortality ratio with the overall average ratio. The HSMR model was revised after 31 December 31 2015 with a new target reduction of a further 10 per cent reduction from January 2014 to December 2018. All three NHS Lanarkshire Hospitals are on course to achieve this.
The most recent HSMR figures, show that Wishaw General Hospital managed 22.2 per cent, Hairmyres Hospital had a 17.3 per cent reduction and Monklands Hospital achieved 16.1 per cent reduction.
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