By Professor John Robertson OBA: The 3 minute Reporting Scotland inserts, on BBC Breakfast this morning, but as often before not covered on the BBC Scotland website, exploits the news that the First Minister is speaking today on increasing access to healthcare, to platform the opposition claims, unchecked: This is a longstanding practice on BBC Scotland to platform opposition tirades with unreliable evidence uncontested. BBC England, Wales and Northern Ireland almost never do this. The NHS performance of their parties in England & Wales is never mentioned. Their own editorial guidelines are, in this way, broken every day. It’s not news, … Continue reading The shortest waiting lists in the UK but BBC Scotland quote Sandesh Gulhane and Jackie Baillie in a 2 minute report to lie about NHS Scotland – factually better on the 4 key measures of A&E, cancer, 18 weeks and overall waiting list