eforbes@obantimes.co.uk
HIGH mortality rates at Fort William’s Belford hospital could have been a result of insufficient end-of-life care in Lochaber.
Recent Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios (HSMR) show that from January 2016 to March 2016 the Belford had an HSMR of 2.55 for deaths within 30 days of a patient being admitted to the hospital, while the national average is 0.97.