Mother of 2, Lynn Nelson and husband Richard, front page in the Mail to accuse the NHS in Scotland (UH Wishaw) of failing them and to allow the Mail a second go at the recent RCN report, based on less than 1% of nurses responding, to say they have experienced corridor care.
They don’t reveal any details of who the Nelsons are but there is a Richard Nelson, South Lanarkshire Councillor (Ward 20 Larkhall 1), with a wife Lynne and two sons. They are both NHS employees.1,2
Agonising? Does anyone believe that would be allowed for 50 hours?
Now, in the whole of December 2024, 202 patients at UH Wishaw waited more than 12 hours (after the triage system ruled them safe to do so). That’s on average 6 patients. How many waited 50 hours? Only Mrs Nelson, I’m guessing. Really bad luck?
Sources:
- https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/talented-schoolboy-sings-song-les-21886493
- https://www.richardnelson.uk/about
Footnote:
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
It’s definitely a conspiracy. It would appear that people of the unionist persuasion are being singled out for inferior treatment,shunted into the longest queues and left to waste away in agony in cupboards while people who support independence are shot from the many ambulances queued outside hospitals, spirited from their corridor trolleys and whapped speedily into A&E or critical care.
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And the saddest thing about it is, you actually believe your drivel…..
Pupils….Pulse…..Blood Pressure……
Unionist……. Cupboard number 2 please.
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Eh? Kelticgirl comment was in jest!
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No it’s true. If your name is Ferguson and have red hair you might as well go to local vet. My mum’s next door neighbour’s son’s sister-in-law had to take get her pal, to drive her to the hospital and he was drunk.
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Like it! Not true of course 🙂
Having been in A&E recently after a fall on ice, was treated promptly as were others in a much worse state than I was. I am available for a Mail “exclusive” if called upon!
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If it is them, then I hope they both get sacked by the SNHS for deliberately bringing their employers into disrepute by lying about their treatment.
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I think this would constitute gross misconduct, so sacked and pension gone( they would get whatever personal contributions they had made.) Being sacked would probably trigger a council disciplinary hearing as well.
Golfnut.
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Someone at the hospital must be able to confirm her fifty hour wait did or did not happen , please step forward those who know and can confirm either way .A fifty hour wait would you would think , lead to a formal complaint or at the least the people administering the complaints procedure would see the story in the newspaper and raise it as a complaint and investigate.Has a complaint been made? If not , has the complaints procedure responded to the newspaper story by starting an internal investigation ? If neither , why ? If either has occured i think it will take weeks for a conclusion but in the meantime the damage is done and that is the disadvantage of having another country control your country , the media is controlled by weztminster , the reason weztminster want to control Scotlands media is so that they can have maximum propaganda input.
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Regarding The Mail on Sunday in Scotland which castigates the First Minister and NHS Scotland.
The online version of the Mail on Sunday wears blinkers when it comes to what the survey by the Royal College of Nursing (which is also the world’s largest trade union) had to say about the state of NHS England, NHS Wales and NHS Northern Ireland.
https://www.rcn.org.uk/Professional-Development/publications/rcn-frontline-of-the-uk-corridor-care-crisis-uk-pub-011-944
“The RCN asked members to respond to a short survey at the end of December. Thousands of nursing staff responded, confirming corridor care is widespread across the UK. This report includes the raw, unedited and often heart-breaking responses of nursing staff working across the UK.”
The 460 page RCN survey, which was published on 16 January 2025, provides hundreds of pages of examples of corridor care* in the NHS.
England – 336 pages
Northern Ireland – 27 pages
Scotland – 38 pages
Wales – 23 pages
*Other locations specified (page 23)
Cars, Taxis, Viewing rooms (for relatives to see their deceased relatives), Adults in paediatric recovery rooms, Quiet rooms on psychiatric wards, X-Ray department, Toilets, Dentist room, Family rooms Dining rooms, Counselling rooms, Back of police vans, Patient interview rooms, Store rooms, Cloakrooms, Breastfeeding rooms, Plaster rooms, Outside and inside decontamination rooms, Ward reception areas, Beside nursing stations, Theatre recovery rooms, TV rooms, Bathrooms, Converted therapy gyms, Car parks, Waiting rooms, Day room, Doubling up beds in bays and cubicles, Adding an extra bed in a bay or the corridor, Chairs in lounges, Storage cupboards, Offices, staff and changing rooms, On trolleys and beds across fire doors, On trolleys outside toilets, Resuscitation areas, Bereavement rooms, Non-clinical rooms being converted into treatment spaces, Treatment rooms / clinic rooms Ambulatory / same day emergency care.
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Blimey that does sound bad, maybe wee Wes could just sell off the whole of the NHS because looking at the US system care would be sooo much better for everyone, and the insurance fraudsters would be delighted.
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Opposition party MSPs in Holyrood have a track record of regularly calling for resignations, particularly if they are a Health Minister, but there have been some stinkers who have held the post of Secretary of State for Health (and Care) and they do not get held to account in the same way.
Back in 2013 this happened
“Upon being renamed, NHS England took on a £95bn commissioning budget to commission primary care and national specialised services. Its responsibilities were to oversee the performance of the NHS and provide guidance to CCGs. The secretary of state set objectives for NHS England through the mandate to the NHS, and NHS England was accountable to the secretary of state for its delivery and performance.”
NHS England are accountable for NHS England, and they are accountable to the Secretary of State.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1kn092rvn3o
“Failing hospitals will be revealed in league tables and NHS managers sacked if they do not turn things around, the health secretary has told health leaders at conference in Liverpool.”
No one will want to buy the whole of NHS England, but his proposed ‘league table’ will enable buyers to cherry pick the best performing hospitals.
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…. and here’s his Facebook Page (complete with UJ) I just put your blog all over John ….
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Just had a Quick Look, seems to have been removed?
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Ah! And he’s blocked me, I wonder why? 🙂
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Yeah sounds like another tall story. At the very leasdt a person in ‘agony’ in A&E would at the very least be given pain relievers, unless staff were feeling a bit sadistic that day!
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Supporting the Union has cost the NHS.
The Tories cut funding for 14 years. It was not increased.
Covid funding was £270Billion over two years. £Billions were lost fraudulently. Corrupt contracts and embezzlement.
The NHS has not been funded by Westminster. A £22Billion increase next year. Labour has cut the winter fuel allowance leading to more pressure on the NHS. Cutting the winter fuel allowance will increase NHS costs.
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Re long periods of time spent in A&E:
Performance statistics for A&E waits, NHS England, November and December 2024:
Source: https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/ae-attendances-and-emergency-admissions-2024-25/
Over 12 hour delays = 54,207 patients – from decision to admit to admission. This equates to 1,749 decision to admit delays over 12 hours per day, an increase of 23.6% (334 patients daily) from December 2023.
Question: how long had these c.54k patients already spent in an A&E department up to the time the decision to admit them was made? In other words what was the TOTAL time they spent in A&E – how much longer than 12 hours did they spend in A&E – before being admitted to a ward? These 54k patients are the so-called ’trolley waits’!
Back to the NHS England performance statistics: over 12 hour delays during December = 166,989 patients – from arrival. This equates to 12% of attendances, compared to 157,556 (10.8%) in November 2024.
And for comparison, performance statistics for A&E waits for NHS Scotland, November 2024, from Public Health Scotland (January 16, 2025):
Over 12 hour delays = 6,683 patients – from arrival. This equates to 5.4% of attendances, compared to 7,674 (5.9%) the previous month, and 4,914 (4%) monthly average for 2023.
Yes, too many long waits in NHS Scotland but credit where credit is due: 5.4% of attendances in November is a lot lower than the equivalent figure of 10.8% in England.
For completeness, from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s press statement dated December 19, 2024 on latest statistics from NHS Wales:
‘The data, released today (Thursday 19 December 2024) by the Welsh Government showed in November .. more than one in seven (14.7%) waited 12 hours or longer in Emergency Departments across in the country.’
And 5.4% is a lot lower still than 14.7%!
Are politicians in Unionist party’s in North Britain aware of these comparisons favourable to NHS Scotland? Or is it that they are confident that the North British news media will never report or challenge their persistent efforts to denigrate and gaslight?
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You might want to do a Google search on Richard Nelson, orange lodge
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