From National drug and alcohol treatment waiting times 1 January 2026 to 31 March 2026 Accredited official statistics, published today: Source: https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/national-drug-and-alcohol-treatment-waiting-times/national-drug-and-alcohol-treatment-waiting-times-1-january-2026-to-31-march-2026/ Since 2021, when the current system of recording was put in place, NHS Scotland has never failed to meet the standard, other than in prisons. https://publichealthscotland.scot/publications/show-all-releases?id=20553 Prior to that and going back to 2011 when the standard was first set, there are no reports of ever missing the 90% target. Continue reading NHS Scotland has met the national drug and alcohol treatment waiting times standard for community services every year going back to 2011 when it was first set

From Stage of treatment waiting times New outpatients, inpatients and day cases published today, the above graph and: At 31 May 2026, there were an estimated 579,814 individuals on at least one new outpatient, inpatient or day case waiting list. This is equivalent to around 1 in 10 of Scotland’s population (mid-2024 estimates).1 All things being equal, pro rata, the figure for England with 10 times the population should be 5.8m The equivalent figure for NHS England is estimated (!) at 6 .1.2 There are thus 300 000 people, 4.9% more, on the NHS England waiting list who would not … Continue reading NHS England waiting list queue is 300 000 or 5% longer than Scotland’s

From Housing statistics quarterly update: new housebuilding and affordable housing supply published today, we see that Scotland’s local authorities built 1 707 council houses in 2025, down 17 from the previous year but up by nearly 600 on 1 123, ten years before, in 2016.1 All things being equal and now two years into a Labour government, you might expect England to be building around 17 00. Hmm, no, just 2 850, only a sixth of the level in Scotland.2 They have ‘beaten’ Scotland on one thing though. Scotland sold no council houses because Thatcher’s right to buy legislation is … Continue reading SNP Government builds 6 times as many and sells 18 500 times fewer council houses than England after two years of Labour

From Energy Statistics for Scotland – Q1 2026, published today, the above graph showing Scotland’s ever-increasing renewable electricity capacity and, of note, the levelling of on-shore and surging of off-shore capacity. Scotland’s capacity for electricity generation from renewable sources has increased substantially over the past 10 years and currently stands at 18.1 GW – a 3.2% increase compared to 17.6 GW at the end of the first quarter of 2025 (Figure 2). In terms of actual generation, this too is increasing fast: In 2026, 13.4 TWh of renewable electricity was generated in the first quarter in Scotland. This is a 22% increase from … Continue reading Scotland generates ‘huge amount ‘ of surplus renewables electricity to transfer over the border and enrich corporations with their pals in the UK Treasury

The Daily Express yesterday, based on anecdotal evidence gathered by the Scottish Conservatives has the above and: Furious Glasgow residents have claimed they are being subjected to a wave of terror by youth gangs wielding weapons such as knives, saws and axes. Locals in the Southside area of the city voiced concerns around youngsters in the Pollok, Crookston and Paisley Road West area of the city reporting a severe increase in anti-social behaviour, involving kids as young as 11. From Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2025-26 published 23 June 2026, this table: Source: https://www.gov.scot/publications/recorded-crime-scotland-2025-26/pages/total-recorded-crime/ One year variations are often unreliable indicators of trends but comparing … Continue reading Glasgow becomes more lawful as youth violence falls amid anger over Scottish Conservative’s lies based on soft-touch research methods

Halfway through 2026, with increased resources kicking in, Talking-up Scotland is surging. We’re already, for the first six months of 2026, at more than one third more visitors and, crucially, one third more of our fully-researched reports posted, rebutting inaccuracy and revealing hidden truths, at a level (6 per day on average) and in the range of issues covered, way ahead, on this evidence, of any other comparable site in Scotland. We’ll have another crowdfunder in September. I hope you can support it. Recent [Just one week] examples of our work: The above are just since one week ago! Continue reading Scotland’s most rebutting – With greater resourcing Talking-up Scotland is surging – a third more rebutting lies and revealing hidden truths

Headlining on the Herald today, the above fantasy platforming the views of junior minister Michael Shanks (left) and of Ed Milliband. Troubled former Modern Studies teacher, Shanks is still tasked with promoting the building of new small modular reactors in Scotland, regardless of Scottish Labour’s near extinction event in the last Holyrood election and the clear signs of a civil war in the branch, as Monica Lennon, the last living leftie there, leads a move to the left and to support for another independence referendum. Support for nuclear energy will not be in her plans. Regulars will know that TuS … Continue reading Labour civil war will go ‘nuclear’ if Michael Shanks tries to push his small modular reactors on to new leader-favourite Monica Lennon as she leads the remains of the tribe away from Sarwar, Starmer and Mandelson to embrace policies that Scots voters actually like

high quality or compassionate care. The top story everywhere in England today, the utterly damning findings of the Amos review of maternity care in England, being investigated by Nottingham Police as curiously ‘Operation Perth!’ You can smell the panic at BBC Scotland as they scrabble around their contacts to find something, anything, bad about NHS Scotland. There is no maternity crisis in Scotland. For proof of that see: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/06/04/baroness-amos-is-investigating-8-000-cases-where-babies-may-have-died-or-been-seriously-harmed-by-inadequate-maternity-care-in-nhs-england-todays-report-into-the-qeuh-glasgow-mentions-none/ What do they do? First they find a one health board strike by some admin staff then use images of front line nurses to suggest that’s where these admin staff work. … Continue reading Desperate and pathetic – Report damns all maternity services in England as ‘no longer fit’ so BBC Scotland put admin staff at one health board who ‘might’ strike into scrubs and repeat an old story of one woman put in a ‘lovely’ care home in the region where she lives but it was ‘too far away’

In the Guardian today: NHS England authorities have paid providers £33 per patient to remove thousands of them from the lists, many still in great need, and a survey of nearly 2,600 people in England found 16% had used the private sector in the past year. Fewer names on the lists help the government to seem to “reduce backlogs” and “meet waiting time targets”. NHS Scotland does undertake regular waiting list validation to remove those no longer requiring treatment but there is no financial inducement. I can’t imagine anyone think that this would be acceptable here. As for the private … Continue reading NHS England authorities paid £33 per patient to remove thousands of them from the lists, many still in great need