Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON BBC Scotland yesterday bypassed evidence of the attainment gap closing slightly between 2023/2024 and 2024/2015, to shame their own folk, once again with: The attainment gap between Scotland’s richest and poorest school pupils remains wider than before the pandemic, according to new figures. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20j12pw851o Remember how we, using AI, revealed that no liberal democracy, anywhere, has ever hit its A&E target since the panic? I wonder, has any liberal democracy ever closed the attainment gap between pupils from … Continue reading No liberal democracy ANYWHERE has EVER closed the school attainment gap yet in Scotland it’s a stick to beat the SNP with

Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON From NHS waiting times – diagnostics Waits for key diagnostic tests published yesterday: The total waiting list size (number of ongoing waits) for the eight key diagnostic tests combined was 123,992 (29,661 for endoscopy, 94,331 for radiology). This is a 15% (-22,013) decrease from the previous quarter-end, when there were 146,005 ongoing waits. The latest quarter end is the lowest number of ongoing waits seen since 31 August 2021 (120,041). This significant fall in the number waiting for … Continue reading NHS Scotland increases diagnostic testing to reduce waiting list by 22 000!

Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON From Pubic Health Scotland yesterday: At 31 January 2026, there were an estimated 586,859 individuals on at least one new outpatient, inpatient or day case waiting list. This is equivalent to around 1 in 9 of Scotland’s population (mid-2024 population estimates Scotland). 1 From NHS England Referral to Treatment (RTT) waiting times statistics—as of the end of December 2025 (published 12 February 2026) The most recent publicly available data from NHS England on Referral to Treatment (RTT) waiting times—for … Continue reading Quarter of a million languish on an NHS waiting list in England because of less-competent government than in Scotland

Above, the plummeting ongoing waits after 52 weeks in NHS Scotland, for new outpatients and, on the right, for inpatients and day cases. These are dramatic, around 50%, and surely ‘newsworthy’, but: Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON The BBC Scotland website above, at 7pm, nine hours after this important announcement by the Scottish Government ignores the above images: Published on 24 February 2026 at 10:00am: Health Secretary hails ‘undeniable progress’ in tacking long waits. New figures show waiting lists in Scotland continue to … Continue reading NHS Scotland makes ‘undeniable progress’ with 50% or more, cuts in longer waiting time lists but is completely ignored by BBC Scotland news editors