Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON From Cheaper bus travel for Highland communities published yesterday: People across the Highlands and Islands are set to benefit from more affordable public transport as £2 capped bus fares are rolled out this month. The pilot will significantly cut fares across the Highland network and is one of a range of measures the Scottish Government is taking to support households hit by rising everyday costs. Fares such as a single adult journey from Wick to Inverness, currently £31, … Continue reading Da da da ta da da ta da diddle etc….We can now drive one hundred miles to fall down at your door for only TWO POUNDS down from THIRTY-ONE!

Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON In Scotland, to allow proper care, a young woman is moved to another care home, on a temporary basis, within the same region. Iona said the care home and its staff were “lovely”, but she wants to be back in her own home. but for BBC Scotland, it’s Woman, 29, ‘chucked’ into care home 100 miles from family and in the same report on a responsibility, entirely of a local authority, the story is linked to the SNP, … Continue reading One woman moved to a ‘lovely’ care home within one region headlines while a whole care system held together with ‘sticking plasters and glue’ does not – why might that be?

Many thanks to those who have supported the Talking-up Scotland crowd-funder directly and, of course, those less-visible who have done so via direct bank transfer. The crowd-funder finishes in 10 days. Details below: John Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON Continue reading 400 fully researched posts all Talking-up Scotland, 97 000 visitors reading 214 000 times this year so far, 400 contributors from £3 to £100 – please support

Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON Another post, on NHS England manipulating stats again, researched by stewartb and just framed by me. From stewartb: RCEM press release (march 4): ‘NHS England corridor care definition interesting but meaningful change must follow’ ‘Dr Ian Higginson, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine said: “..  we can already measure long waits and overcrowding. It remains to be seen whether trying to measure corridor care on top of this will prove more effective.   “We have two … Continue reading Royal College of Emergency Medicine points to NHS England fiddling the figures again

Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON From Cheaper bus travel for Highland communities published yesterday: People across the Highlands and Islands are set to benefit from more affordable public transport as £2 capped bus fares are rolled out this month. The pilot will significantly cut fares across the Highland network and is one of a range of measures the Scottish Government is taking to support households hit by rising everyday costs. Fares such as a single adult journey from Wick to Inverness, currently £31, … Continue reading Swinney slashes 103 miles, 4 hour, Wick to Inverness bus fare from £31 to only £2! Is this big news? Well, not really, it seems