NHS England has second-worst month for 12-hour waits in Emergency Departments on record!
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 By stewartb In NHS Scotland – ‘A&E performance around Christmas peak pressure suggests major improvements’ – not in NHS England it seems when it comes to the important ‘over 12 hour waits’ metric! The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) had this headline for a press release on February 12: ‘The wheels have come off’: predictably busy January exposes ‘fragile’ NHS system as A&Es swamped with patients needing beds’. That was its view following the publication of NHS England’s Emergency … Continue reading NHS England has second-worst month for 12-hour waits in Emergency Departments on record!
What was missing in all of today’s news reports on the police searches into the former residency of the Royal formerly known as a Prince?
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 By Liz S Did anyone see what was missing in all of today’s news reports on the police searches into the former residency (housing) of the Royal formerly known as a Prince, that is Andrew double barrelled surname? Clue: something you camp in and a variation of the same colour as the Tory party logo. Yep I could not see any ‘Blue tents’ in the media coverage of the Police searches today of the former residency of the Royal formerly known as a Prince, that is Andrew double … Continue reading What was missing in all of today’s news reports on the police searches into the former residency of the Royal formerly known as a Prince?
Clearly confused Labour Baroness ‘blames’ SNP for NHS Ayrshire & Arran’s drug treatment service treating more than 98% within 3 weeks as they fight the plague of English county lines drug gangs
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 In the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald, two days ago, Katy Clark, Baroness Clark of Kilwinning and MSP, so loaded, said: For nearly two decades, the SNP has presided over a drugs epidemic that has wrecked lives. It’s now clear that it’s completely out of control. There has been a complete absence of leadership from John Swinney’s party in seeking to tackle this crisis. On the SNP’s watch deaths, overdoses and addiction rates in Ayrshire and elsewhere have surged. … Continue reading Clearly confused Labour Baroness ‘blames’ SNP for NHS Ayrshire & Arran’s drug treatment service treating more than 98% within 3 weeks as they fight the plague of English county lines drug gangs
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A message for Scotland’s voters as Labour double down on nuclear – Researchers revisit study of Essex nuclear power station and breast cancer incidence among mature women nearby to find an even greater risk, only a short distance from new Sizewell C, and an ‘establishment bias and cover-up’
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 Blackwater, Crouch, Roach and Colne Estuaries Marine Conservation Zone in Essex (see map below) was designated a MCZ in December 2013 on account, primarily, of its native oyster beds. The MCZ incorporates the Colne Estuary SPA (Colchester), the Blackwater SPA (Maldon) and the Crouch and Roach SPA (Burnham-on-Crouch/Rochford), as well as the Essex Estuaries Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and other SPA designations (Dengie and Foulness). At the head of the Blackwater Estuary lies the Bradwell Nuclear Power Station (its Magnox … Continue reading A message for Scotland’s voters as Labour double down on nuclear – Researchers revisit study of Essex nuclear power station and breast cancer incidence among mature women nearby to find an even greater risk, only a short distance from new Sizewell C, and an ‘establishment bias and cover-up’
How under Scottish Labour, hospitals were ‘death traps’ of hospital acquired infections yet they have the nerve to suggest a ‘crisis’ today
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 Michael Marra of ‘Scottish’ Labour had a rant on BBC Scotland’s Debate Night, tow days ago, of such hysterical dishonesty and fear for the near extinction event they face in May. Here, just one more example of how useless they have been and would be. The prevalence of HAI was 4.9%, 2.5%, 6.1% and 1.2% in acute, non-acute, paediatric and independent hospitals respectively [in Scotland in 2006]. https://www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-6701(12)00277-0/abstract The most recent comprehensive data on hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) in Scotland comes from a … Continue reading How under Scottish Labour, hospitals were ‘death traps’ of hospital acquired infections yet they have the nerve to suggest a ‘crisis’ today
Second tragic Sepsis case in only three months in NHS England draws attention NHS Scotland’s success
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 BBC England today, the above and: After 32 weeks in hospital, several cardiac arrests and a quadruple amputation, sepsis survivor Manjit Sangha has finally returned home. Despite medics thinking the 56-year-old would almost certainly die, she left Ward 9 at Moseley Hall in Birmingham on Wednesday, receiving a hero’s welcome from her family in Penn, on the Wolverhampton/Staffordshire border. Doctors believe her sepsis might have been caused by something as innocent as a lick from her … Continue reading Second tragic Sepsis case in only three months in NHS England draws attention NHS Scotland’s success
Looking at NHS Scotland A&E performance around Christmas peak pressure suggests major improvements from 2022 to 2025
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 Generally, I’d caution against using weekly data on NHS performance but comparing how A&E copes on special weeks such as the one around Christmas is suggestive of meaningful change. Above, the percentage seen within 4 hrs in NHS Scotland Type 1 A&E departments suggests a significant improvement in that high pressure week around Christmas Day, of around 18%. The monthly averages, also, confirm improvement. Remember that 3.5% increase is 3.5% of tens of thousands of patients. Source: … Continue reading Looking at NHS Scotland A&E performance around Christmas peak pressure suggests major improvements from 2022 to 2025
Healthy live expectancy falls across Scotland but it might have been even worse
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 BBC Scotland today, the above and: People in Scotland are spending a greater proportion of their life in poor health than in previous years, new figures from the National Records of Scotland (NRS), external show. The latest figures for the 2022 to 2024 period shows healthy life expectancy is now 59.1 years for men and 59.4 years for women. Healthy life expectancy, which is the number of years a person can expect to live in good health, has been … Continue reading Healthy live expectancy falls across Scotland but it might have been even worse
How can there be an affordable housing ‘crisis’ in Scotland when we beat the building target and Labour just give up in England?
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 Under a tasteless example of a poverty porn photograph of a street beggar, the Guardian editorial has: Rough sleeping in Scotland has risen by 106% over the past three years. Record numbers of children are now living in temporary accommodation, official figures released this month show. In Glasgow, the city council leader warned last year that the authority had run out of temporary housing. This looks like a system approaching crisis point. The paradox is that Scotland has some of the … Continue reading How can there be an affordable housing ‘crisis’ in Scotland when we beat the building target and Labour just give up in England?
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