Annual review 2025: key statistics – December 2025

We presented the following statistics at our Annual review on 15 December 2025.

• We published 94 pieces of medicines advice.
• Our employee sickness absences fell by 3.3%.
• Our employee Engagement Index score was up three points.
• 561 independent healthcare services were now registered with us, an increase of 1700% over the past decade.
• We inspected 96 independent healthcare services.
• Our Hospital at home programme helped avoid costs of £55 million.
• 1107 people are members of our Citizens Panel, representing all of Scotland.
• The Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network (SIGN) guidelines have been accessed 107, 287 times.
• Our Scottish Health Technologied Group published 20 pieces of advice.
• Our work contributed to a reduction of average length of stay for patients in acute geriatric care by 17.4%.
• Our work saw a national 9% reduction in the rate of falls in hospitals.
• Five more babies out of 1000 born each month stay with their parents instead of needing care in a neonatal unit.

Further reading

You can find more information about our work at:

• Healthcare Improvement Scotland website
• Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network (SIGN)
• Scottish Health Technologies Group (SHTG)
• Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group (SAPG)
• Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC)
• Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) Engage