Professor John Robertson OBA
Today, BBC Scotland use a Scottish Government announcement of new tests to speed up cancer treatment as an excuse to say they ‘come after waiting times are worst on record.’
On June 24th, the ‘Scottish’ media were positively frothing with delight at the above one-quarter dip in the the number of patients treated for cancer within 62 days.
What’s wrong with the reporting?
First, they ignored the 94.1% treated within 31 days after a positive diagnosis, which is crucial.
Second, they are, of course, not mentioning the bits in bold below reporting increased demand:
There were 4,373 eligible referrals for the 62-day standard, an increase of 1.5% from the previous quarter, 1.8% from the quarter ending 31 March 2024, and 17.5% from the quarter ending 31 December 2019, the last full quarter pre-pandemic. 68.9% of patients started treatment within 62 days, compared with 73.5% in the previous quarter, 70.5% in the quarter ending 31 March 2024, and 83.7% in the quarter ending 31 December 2019.
Third and more important, quarterly variations often reflect the seasons in which they occur. Look again at the graph and you’ll see that the last three winter Q1s (January to March) all feature a dip below that of the other more temperate quarters.
In winter there are more staff absences and more patient call-offs.
Were you intelligent, over 10 years of age, and/or honest enough to look at just the trend over the last 3 Q1s, you might find little headline-worthy:
The median wait for the last 3 QIs were 50, 50 and 52 days – a 4% increase in the time waited- not much to work with is there?
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
“Not much to work with is there”. No, but you can be sure the corrupt “Scottish” media will do their worst. Never forget, their sole task is to try to brainwash the Scottish people into believing that we are incapable of running all of our own affairs in a competent fashion. And to give them credit, reluctantly, they have been quite successful over many years, except now the mask is beginning to slip, as more and more of us are coming to the realisation that we have been conned, robbed blind and betrayed by those they represent. While the M.S.M remain our greatest threat, my biggest contempt is reserved for the professional traitors who are in plain view amongst us, mainly politicians, bad mouthing all matters Scottish, in the hope of even more Westminster gold, or perhaps ermine. The noun scum, in my opinion, fits them completely.
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Hear, hear!
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BBC are biased against the SNP, which is not surprising but it reveals exactly who controls them. The BritEngNat state.
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