From the Information Services Division, NHS Scotland on 14th August 2018: ‘The Scottish HSMR [Hospital Standardised Mortality Rate] has decreased by 9.2% between January to March 2014 and January to March 2018.’
https://thoughtcontrolscotland.com/2018/08/24/scottish-hospital-deaths-fall-by-9-2-despite-increased-demand-and-rising-crude-mortality-rates/