HISTORY
Mortality audit has been a long standing tradition in surgery. Lothian surgeons recently celebrated their 50th anniversary, Lothian Surgical Audit being essentially a peer review mortality audit. Based on this model, the Conference of the Royal Colleges in Scotland wished to further develop this methodology and extend it across Scotland and into all surgical specialties. The initial project was started in 1988 and a similar study in the Greater Glasgow Health Board started in 1989. These two parallel studies worked closely together and amalgamated into the Scottish Audit of Surgical Mortality in 1994.
CONTRIBUTING SPECIALTIES
The Scottish Audit of Surgical Mortality has complete cover of all surgical specialties with the exceptions of Thoracic, Cardiac and Obstetric surgery who participate in UK wide national mortality audits. All deaths are now processed from a single office.
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51 hospitals participate in SASM
| Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Aberdeen | Abbey Carrick Glen Hospital, Ayr |
| Abbey King's Park Hospital, Aberdeen | Albyn Hospital, Aberdeen |
| Ayr Hospital, Ayr | Balfour Hospital, Kirkwall |
| Belford Hospital, Fort William | Borders General Hospital, Melrose |
| BUPA Murrayfield Hospital, Ayr | Caithness General Hospital, Wick |
| Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock | Dr Gray’s Hospital, Elgin |
| Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary, Dumfries | Dunoon & District General Hospital, Dunoon |
| Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary | Fernbrae Hospital, Dundee |
| Garrick Hospital, Stranraer | Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow |
| Gilbert Bain Hospital, Lerwick | Hairmyres Hospital, East Kilbride |
| Institute for Neurological Sciences, Glasgow | Inverclyde Royal Hospital, Greenock |
| Wishaw General Hospital, Wishaw | Lorn and Islands District General Hospital, Oban |
| McKinnon Memorial Hospital, Broadford, Skye | Monklands District Hospital, Airdrie |
| Ninewells Hospital, Dundee | Perth Royal Infirmary, Perth |
| Raigmore Hospital, Inverness | Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline |
| Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital | Ross Hall Hospital, Glasgow |
| Royal Hospital for Sick Children,Glasgow | Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley |
| Royal Infirmary, Glasgow | Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh |
| St John’s Hospital at Howden, Livingston | Southern General Hospital |
| Stobhill General Hospital, Glasgow | Stirling Royal Infirmary, Stirling |
| Vale of Leven Hospital, Alexandria | Stracathro Hospital, Brechin |
| The Glasgow Nuffield Hospital | The Priory Hospital, Glasgow |
| The Golden Jubilee Hospital, Clydebank | Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow |
| Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy | Western Infirmary, Glasgow |
| Western General Hospital, Edinburgh | Woodend General Hospital, Aberdeen |
| Western Isles General Hospital, Stornoway | . |
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