New Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Scotland Office attacked her ‘local’ A&E in Fife, Scotland, despite it treating 3 000 patients per month more within the target time than her preferred local A&E in Croydon, England

From the UK Governor of Scotland in the last few minutes.

January 19th 2025 – on BBC Politics Scotland, from Westminster (see the backdrop), Melanie Ward, Scottish Labour MP for Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy joined the horde of ‘Scottish’ Labour MPs serving up and humiliating their local communities in the service of the UK Labour Party.

From the local Courier in May 2024:

A Palestine medical charity boss based in London has been picked to stand for Labour in the Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy seat at the next election. Melanie Ward was chosen to replace disgraced candidate Wilma Brown, who was ditched by the party after she liked “racist” posts on social media.1

Only 6 months earlier, Labour List had:

Medical Aid for Palestinians chief executive Melanie Ward has joined the selection race in Beckenham and Penge, for which applications close today at midday. She has been backed by the Labour Campaign for International Development.2

Living in London, she must have been disappointed to have to get to Fife.

So, in November 2024, her constituency A&E, at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy did 64.5% in 4 hours.3

The Beckenham and Penge local A&E at Croydon NHS trust managed only 59.6% within 4 hours but NHS England overall averaged only 55.3%.4

The Victoria had 5 400 A&E admissions in November 2024, so that 4.9% lead over Croydon means 265 patients treated within the target, in Fife, who would have had to wait longer if the misfortune to live in Croydon. Over a year, that’s 3 180.

Sources:

  1. https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/4976173/melanie-ward-labour-cowdenbeath-kirkcaldy/
  2. https://labourlist.org/2023/11/beckenham-penge-mel-ward-melanie-medical-aid-palestinians/
  3. https://publichealthscotland.scot/healthcare-system/urgent-and-unscheduled-care/accident-and-emergency/interactive-charts/how-long-people-spend-in-ae/
  4. https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/ae-attendances-and-emergency-admissions-2024-25/

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  1. “Scottish” London Luvvies Labour party.

    Starwars has gone south to join them.

    Leaving Wee Dougie and Wur Jaikie in charge…what could possibly go wrong?……….Tho’ Beeb North Brit are sworn to secrecy where labour are concerned.

    gavinochiltree

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