By Professor John Robertson OBA You’d never know this from the frankly appalling, cheap, sensationalist, utterly unprofessional coverage in the MSM of the NRS data, published today, but homeless deaths have fallen again for the third year in a row and drug misuse deaths among the homeless remain well below [33%] the peak of 151 in 2020. Any 11 year-old can understand that a one-year variation is not a trend. They also don’t want you remembering that 100 deaths represents only 0.16% of all deaths, far less than the 1 277 alcohol-related deaths or the 792 suicides. You are not served well … Continue reading They don’t want you to know this but homeless deaths fell for the third year in a row and drug-related deaths remain well below peak despite one-year variation

By Professor John Robertson OBA From Public Health Scotland today: The total waiting list size (number of ongoing waits) for the eight key tests combined was 138,782. This represents a 7% (-11,129) decrease from the previous quarter-end when there were 149,911 ongoing waits and is 12 869 or 8.5% lower than observed in September 2023 (151,651).  When compared to the previous quarter-end, six of the eight key diagnostic tests saw a decrease in the number of ongoing waits reported. Waits for a CT scan showed a reduction of 11% (-3,104), colonoscopy waits reduced by 11% (-1,433), non-obstetric ultrasound reduced by 9% (-5,122), … Continue reading Waiting lists for key diagnostic tests reduce for third quarter in a row to lowest since December 2021