UKMFA Urgent Open Letter to Scottish Health Officials pertaining to Scottish Excess Mortality Figures

29/10/21

UKMFA have written to Scottish Health Officials regarding the alarming recent trend in Scottish excess mortality, which is very significantly out of range compared to averages from the last 40 years over the summer / autumn period and continues to rise week on week. This does not correlate with deaths involving COVID-19, and therefore there must be another factor.  

We note that the inflection in the trends towards rising excess mortality has occurred in a staggered fashion according to age groups, which appears to correlate with the age cohort staggered roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccines.

We ask for an urgent investigation into this serious situation and for appropriate action to be taken to ensure that a further rise to this alarming trend may be mitigated.