Professor John Robertson OBA
In the Independent yesterday, the above, and:
Enhertu is the first licensed targeted treatment for patients with HER2-low breast cancer that cannot be removed surgically or that has spread to other parts of the body. Patients are usually offered chemotherapy, but Breast Cancer Now explains the targeted drug could offer people more time to live in comparison. Enhertu was approved for use in Scotland in December 2023 but was rejected for use on NHS England in March 2024 by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (Nice) because it was too expensive.
In September 2023, 84 patients have to travel north:
Back in 2021 during the pandemic:
in the Record, we read:
English families are being asked to travel to Scotland to get a PCR test as shortages continue to hit the country amid a spike in coronavirus cases.
One woman from Kirklees in West Yorkshire, who asked not to be named, told Yorkshire Live about her own fears and said:
“My family are currently trying to get PCR tests as (we) have covid symptoms and the nearest place to get a PCR test is in Scotland.
Yorkshire Live also tried to access a PCR test and were also told Scotland was the nearest place to get them.
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/people-being-forced-travel-scotland-25814964
BBC Scotland is not covering this story.
In January 2021, they missed this too:
Coronavirus patients needing urgent medical treatment in northern England are being sent to Scotland as an increasing number of hospitals now face being overwhelmed. Patients in Cumbria who would normally be taken to the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle have instead been dispatched across the border to Dumfries, The Independent has learnt. The move came after the hospital triggered the highest Opel (operational pressures escalation level) alert, essentially an admission of being “unable to deliver comprehensive care”.
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
Itv regional news last night, amongst a host of other negative Scottish stories told the tale of women who had to go all the way to London to access an abortion because Scottish laws don’t allow it after 24 weeks.
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Upper time limit for abortions in England, Scotland and Wales is 23 weeks and 6 days if I remember correctly. NI is different
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In England they have stricter rules for later term procedures. In Scotland up to 24 weeks with agreement of 2 doctors and under specific circumstances. Also permitted after 24 weeks if there’s evidence of severe fetal amomoly or significant risk to the woman’s life. So given the similarity, why would women have to go to London to secure late term abortions?
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If I remember correctly it was women from NI who were 6travelling to England because the abortion laws were much stricter. Ms Sturgeon also said they could come to Scotland too.
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These were Scottish women saying they were refused abortions in Scotland and they had to go to London.
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O/T albeit continuing the theme of how the mainstream news media reports on Scotland.
I missed this on April Fools’ Day. The Daily Record published an article below the headline: ‘Water bills in Scotland to soar today – find out how you are affected’.
Perhaps it was a ‘slow’ day in the office. After all, the BBC News website and others had covered the rise in charges introduced by Scottish Water way back in January. On January 28, the BBC News website published a detailed, informative piece headlined: ‘Scottish Water bills set to rise 9.9% in April’. The article gave lots of factual information.
Perhaps the Record’s motivation for regurgitating old news becomes clear when one reads this, in what is an otherwise short piece containing nothing else that’s newsworthy:
‘Scottish Labour deputy leader Jackie Baillie has described the rises as a “gross insult”, adding:
“The SNP is responsible for Scottish Water and approved this inflation busting rise during a cost-of-living crisis. The SNP must reverse this outrageous decision.
“Households should be protected from punishing price hikes and Scottish Water should focus on improving our water infrastructure rather than funding fat cat salaries for those at the top.” (With my emphasis)
“Gross insult”, “Outrageous”, “punishing”, “SNP must reverse”! The British Labour Party’s position – one (unsurprisingly) amplified by the Daily Record – is crystal clear.
Let’s review some other ‘old news’ from elsewhere in the UK and reflect on Ms Baillie’s demand for the protection of households in Scotland from ‘punishing price hikes’.
From Wales Online (January 30): ‘Massive increase in water bills for people in Wales – Household water bills in Wales will increase by 42% over five years and will be among the highest in the UK.’
What about price changes from April 2025? The same Welsh news site reports: ‘People are set to see their water bills go up on average from £503 to £639 from April – around a 27% increase. It’s the start of five years of increases that will see household water bills in Wales rise by a total of 42%.
And on a second, smaller water company in Wales: ‘Hafren Dyfrdwy, which serves about 87,000 customers along the Wales-England border is increasing bills by 32% from April.‘
On the basis of the readily acquired evidence, households in Scotland are being protected to a remarkable degree compared to households in Wales where Ms Baillie’s party colleagues and the Daily Record’s favoured political party have long been in power.
Are leaders of the British Labour Party intent on deceiving voters who read the Daily Record, taking them for fools? And if so, is this possible only with the connivance of this national newspaper?
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