The SNP in Government is often blamed for supposed failures to run the NHS:

SNP accused of leaving A&E in a ‘shameful and unacceptable’ condition as 300,000 patients have waited more than four hours to be seen Daily Mail 3 days ago

Nicola Sturgeon accused of diverting ‘jaw-dropping’ £17.6bn away from the NHS Daily Express in February 2023

Call for answers over SNP probe and NHS in crisis (not ‘crisis’) BBC Scotland in April 2023

The SNP Government has now averted action by all NHS unions, representing nurses, consultants, junior doctors, radiographers, physiotherapists, ambulance and support staff. The first three groups have taken action repeatedly in England in the last year or so with attendant headlines warning of waiting time lists growing and even of excess deaths. Scotland’s media have never praised the Scottish Government ministers or reported the praise they publicly received from the BMA, the nurse and junior doctors’ leaders.

Today, in the Guardian and in BBC Health, we read:

NHS bosses fear for patient safety during six-day junior doctor strike

Junior doctors: NHS chief warns of tough new year as fresh strike looms

Neither report mentions Scotland.