Yesterday CalMac had 520 planned sailings to nearly 40 locations and only 2 of those failed to be on time.
Those 2 were on the Oban to South Uist crossing and we heard yesterday around 9 am that the MV Lord of the Isles will be returning to that service earlier than expected. BBC Scotland has yet to report the good news for the islanders
Brittany Ferries, with 9 planned sailings to 5 locations managed 87.5% on time.
Sources:
https://www.calmac.co.uk/calmac-performance-data-browser
Talking-up Scotland 
Pigeons? Blue tents? Gay marriage vote absentee? Ferries?
Alas, the Brit Nat politico’s and Mejah agitprop mouthpieces will only move on to some other pretendy “scandal”, deep in their mothers basements.
Juan/Tom/Glenn/Kenny/Iain et al,– joining up with DRossy, Starwars and Cauld-Ham in a gross circle of schoolboy “othering” fervour—“join the BritNit gang or yer pocket money”!
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I am wracking my brains trying to think what nonsense is next?
I mean they might try the polluted rivers in Scotland are just as bad as England but maybe that will be laughed at again or maybe a push to privatise Scottish Water? No that probably is not going to really work at the moment.
What about “Trams”! Now that’s bound to be a winner if we could on board Jim McColl or even Professor Pennington as he probably is an emeritus professor in civil engineering but just keeps quiet about it.
We should really have a “Wheel of Misfortune” to help us along here.
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‘I am wracking my brains trying to think what nonsense is next?’
A prime candidate has to be school exam results. If results are poorer than before- Scottish education in shocking decline; if they are better than before – a shocking lowering of standards as exams and/or marking schemes getting too easy; if they are the same as before – shocking absence of progress!
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Today was Scotland day at the Covid inquiry. I wonder how much of the evidence given by the brave of NHSS executives and the former Scottish Health Secretary will be reported tonight on any news channel?
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I eat my words. Reporting Scotland covered it. Watched some of the proceedings on Sky. Ms Freeman was good. Particularly good when answering the KC on the subject of PPE and it ‘running out’.
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I am not long in and on checking the news on ‘I’m smart’ phone I learned Jeanne Freeman was giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-66035841
“No plan could have prepared Scotland for Covid – Jeane Freeman”
The BBC Scotland article begins
“There was no plan which could have adequately prepared Scotland for the coronavirus pandemic, former health secretary Jeane Freeman has said.
She told the UK Covid Inquiry that health infrastructure was not equipped to handle the crisis and that PPE supplies came close to running out.”
Which brings me to the purpose of my post.
The National infection prevention and control manual (NIPCM) for England published on 1 September 2022 says in its introduction…
https://www.england.nhs.uk/national-infection-prevention-and-control-manual-nipcm-for-england/
“The UK Antimicrobial five-year national action plan, published in January 2019 stated that the Scottish national infection prevention and control manual (NIPCM) will be adopted in England as national standards, to be measured by the regulators.”
England adopted the NIPCM standard in 2022.
I wonder how Scotland’s NIPCM came about, and for how long NHS Scotland has been using it?
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Found it!
https://www.nipcm.hps.scot.nhs.uk/
“The NHSScotland National Infection Prevention and Control Manual (NIPCM) was first published on 13 January 2012, by the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO (2012)1), and updated on 17 May 2012 (CNO (2012)1 Update).
The NIPCM provides IPC guidance to all those involved in care provision and is considered best practice across all health and care settings in Scotland.
The re-launch of the NIPCM by the CNO on 11 July 2022 emphasises the ongoing importance of application of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) guidance within health and care settings across Scotland.”
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