UK Labour aim to halve violence against women in 10 years but to a level still far higher per head than in Scotland today – is that anywhere near good enough? Ask Anas!
Early release of prisoners in Scotland can cause anxiety but only 5% will re-offend on release from prisons with twice as many staff per capita than in England?
Daily Record manages to miss easily accessed figures proving that the SNP has closed the attainment gap in Scottish schools, increased attainment of the most disadvantaged and widened it with England
Contrary to Jackie Baillie’s lies on Debate Night – Attainment gap narrows and nine out of ten young people are in positive destinations
‘My partner was well looked after’ in a Scottish hospital A&E department
Our Reporting Scotland Up team’s Lisa Brightside was in Glasgow’s super hospital interviewing patients as they left. We met Joe Murray and his partner and they told us about their experience. BBC Scotland’s Reporting Scotland Down team and Lisa Summers were there too but had ignored Joe because he was smiling and had gone off to find someone who had been infected by the pigeon poo they had spotted outside. Here’s what Joe told us: Four weeks ago I had to rush my partner to A&E in the Southern General Hospital in Govan.I had no time to phone 111 so … Continue reading ‘My partner was well looked after’ in a Scottish hospital A&E department
Ambulance performance – given how Labour fail in Wales why should we trust them in Scotland?
By stewartb What the Scottish Ambulance Service is achieving and what its Welsh peer is achieving with the ‘benefit’ of a Labour government in Cardiff. Scottish Ambulance Service (April 29) – Unscheduled Care Operational Statistics – Unscheduled Care Incidents between 30 March 2026 to 26 April 2026 In the past week, the median and 90th percentile response times (- the point at which 90% of responses were quicker and 10% were slower) were: ‘Purple incidents – Median: 6 minutes 22 seconds; 90th Percentile: 15 minutes 59 seconds‘ ‘Red incidents – Median: 8 minutes 58 seconds; 90th Percentile: 19 minutes 43 seconds. Welsh Government … Continue reading Ambulance performance – given how Labour fail in Wales why should we trust them in Scotland?
Anas Sarwar CAN confidently claim he’ll get Scottish ambulance turnaround times as good as those where Labour rules like England that is far far slower
In today’s Daily Record by Paul Hutcheon: In his Daily Record column, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said: “Over the last six years, the number of ambulances with a turnaround time of more than one hour increased by more than 600 per cent – meaning more people suffering dangerously long waits for urgent care. “We will cut ambulance waits and introduce new targets to tackle long turnaround times.” Direct comparisons with England are not straightforward but in January 2024, BBC UK made it possible: Via the BBC’s How long do patients wait for an ambulance? app, we can confirm that the average … Continue reading Anas Sarwar CAN confidently claim he’ll get Scottish ambulance turnaround times as good as those where Labour rules like England that is far far slower
Fourth US request for data on campus safety cannot be provided despite on every English university campus you are significantly more likely to be a victim of violent crime than on any Scottish one
From Police Scotland – 26-1005 – Clery Act Request (USA University) Date and time of release: April 15, 2026 18:36 Reference: 26-1005 – Clery Act Request (USA University), published today: https://www.scotland.police.uk/access-to-information/freedom-of-information/disclosure-log/disclosure-log-2026/april/26-1005-clery-act-request-usa-university/ This is the fourth such Freedom of Information request from people in the US interested in how safe their children would be on Scottish university campuses which Police Scotland has felt unable to assist with. I guess they are less free to use data less precisely comparable but still useful, than we are. So to repeat: This follows three identical requests and responses in 2025 with no named source – the US Department of Education directly? Knowing … Continue reading Fourth US request for data on campus safety cannot be provided despite on every English university campus you are significantly more likely to be a victim of violent crime than on any Scottish one
Massive reduction in hospital waiting lists despite increased attendance as NHS Scotland waiting list falls well below that in NHS England
These graphs tell a very clear story of longer waits (right) plummeting despite ever more patients being treated. It’s a hugely positive trend not getting the media attention it deserves, for obvious reasons. From Stage of treatment waiting times New outpatients, inpatients and day cases Accredited official statistics published today, the above graphs, and: At 31 March 2026, there were an estimated 571,054 individuals on at least one new outpatient, inpatient or day case waiting list. This is equivalent to around 1 in 10 of Scotland’s population (mid-2024 population estimates Scotland). There’s a more detailed breakdown at: https://publichealthscotland.scot/publications/stage-of-treatment-waiting-times/stage-of-treatment-waiting-times-new-outpatients-inpatients-and-day-cases-28-april-2026/ With 10 … Continue reading Massive reduction in hospital waiting lists despite increased attendance as NHS Scotland waiting list falls well below that in NHS England
Charity is calling for implementation of graded model of miscarriage aftercare already available in Scotland across the whole of the UK – NHS England still considering a pilot
From BBC Health and on BBC Breakfast News today: Early care scheme could prevent thousands of miscarriages a year – In the Women’s Health Strategy announcement last week, the government said it was considering “wider adoption” across the NHS in England. Baroness Merron, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care said: “This will be carefully considered as part of our ongoing work to make sure women get the high-quality, compassionate NHS care they deserve.” NHS Scotland is already making improvements in miscarriage care, including not waiting until a third miscarriage and providing separate rooms in … Continue reading Charity is calling for implementation of graded model of miscarriage aftercare already available in Scotland across the whole of the UK – NHS England still considering a pilot
Talking-up Scotland 