During week ending 19 December 2021, 73.8% of attendances at A&E services were seen and resulted in a subsequent admission, transfer or discharge within 4 hours, up from 69.7% in the previous week. NHS England have yet to publish any December data yet but in November, the averaged only 61.9%. In December, I expect them to fall below 60% or fake the results or decide not to publish them at all, once Savid Javid has seen them. Northern Ireland could teach them a thing or two as they only publish quarterly. Interestingly, NHS Tayside, BBC Scotland’s preferred target for supposed … Continue reading Scotland’s emergency services faster again and leaving NHS England far behind

ALMOST 200 people have died in Scotland while waiting to be treated for chronic pain conditions, new figures have revealed. The data, highlighted by the pro-UK campaign group Scotland in Union, found that over the last five years some 197 people have passed away while awaiting an appointment with pain clinic specialists. https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/19812385.shameful-nearly-200-scots-die-waiting-treated-chronic-pain/ ‘200?’ Big number, eh, kiddies? It was less than 40 in a year but that’s no headline so, add them up over years until you get what you want. ‘While?’ How many people die in Scotland while waiting for treatment for something? I’ve no idea how to answer that … Continue reading Shameful: Nearly 200 Herald readers misled by Scotland in Union propaganda

Today, with a typically tasteless photo of a wee boy professionally acting upset about his sums, the Herald presents the Lib Dems fourth freedom of information report in four days to expose Scotland as the most awful place you’d want to live in at this festive time. They’ve been storing them up for weeks, months now, to splurge them across our uncaring media at Xmas. In each of the last four days, we’ve had distorted, percentage-free, versions of official data on hoax ambulance calls (0.003%), no increase in stressed police officers (1.3%), depressed nurses (1.17%) and today, 1 child waiting … Continue reading Lib Dems FOURTH attack on SNP Government in FOUR days sickens

In a rare snippet of accuracy, the Herald tells us what the BMA is A union has taken aim at the Scottish Government for failing to tackle the shortage of doctors in the country. The British Medical Association (BMA) said many doctors in the country are at breaking point, with pressures of the Covid-19 pandemic increasing their workflow, causing “huge fatigue, frustration and unhappiness”. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/19812464.urgent-call-reverse-shortage-doctors-scotland/ What is the evidence for this union’s claims? Readers may not be surprised to see that no hard evidence of any kind is offered but merely unsubstantiated claims of a shortage of GPs, inadequate pay … Continue reading Factcheck: There is NO shortage of doctors in Scotland

Some businesses fear trade will travel south to England, where there are fewer (sic) rules. The restrictions are just too much (sic) and with Dumfries being that close to the border, everyone (sic) is just looking at England and saying, let’s just go down there. My brother-in-law is a taxi driver and he is booked up for taxis to Carlisle. You can imagine what other drivers are like. Ian Jardine, Bar owner, is BBC Scotland’s expert on pandemic restrictions today, before anyone who might know anything gets a word in. Really, is this where we are now in reporting by … Continue reading Really? This is your evidence?

Record levels of demand for Covid PCR tests have left some families waiting up to five days for their results over Christmas, BBC Scotland has learned. Some who took a PCR in on 23 December only received results on Tuesday. They must isolate at home until they receive notification of a negative test, meaning many had to change their Christmas plans. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-59809242 How many families did BBC Scotland find or have passed to them by the Scottish opposition parties? Two plus an anonymous woman, so three at best. How many PCR tests were done on the 24th? 55 780? What … Continue reading BBC Scotland reveals 0.005% of test results delayed

Faithfully reported today in the Herald as ‘MP claims Scotland ‘out of step’ as no new England restrictions before 2022′, Sir Geoff, above was a surprise to me. I took for granted it would be one of the Tory six (guilty) or that guy from Edinburgh, the Labour Shadowy Labour Secretary of State for Scotland. It’s times like this that, I appreciate how much the Herald does for us. https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/19811237.covid-mp-claims-scotland-out-step-no-new-england-restrictions-2022/ Continue reading Sir Geoffrey Robert Clifton-Brown (Con) says ‘Jocks out-of-step’ on Covid measures

On the 27th December, the only story for BBC UK was Scotland’s record level infection rate on Boxing Day, of 11 030 new cases up from 8 252 on Xmas Day. ‘Delayed over the festive period’, according to the Guardian only today, 28th: Covid cases in England reached a new high of 113,628 on Christmas Day and 1,281 people were admitted to hospital – the highest daily figure since mid-February. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/27/uk-reports-daily-figure-of-98515-new-covid-cases Why delayed in England but in full public view in Scotland? So that Javid could claim the evidence for new measures wasn’t yet there? On Xmas Day, all being … Continue reading Evidence of England’s nearly 40% higher case rate on Xmas Day delayed to let Javid claim no need for measures?

Steadily dribbled across the Herald and BBC Scotland, from Boxing Day to this morning, the Lib Dems, punching above their weight you have to say, have been allowed to blame the SNP for too many ambulance hoax calls and too many nurses and police officers taking time off, due to mental health problems. Kept carefully in the store from 19th November until delivery today, on BBC Scotland, we had ‘almost 150 000 days‘ lost by nursing and midwifery staff in one year due to mental health issues. That turned out to be only 1.17% of the total 12 760 000 … Continue reading SHOCK: Lib Dems exposed as storing up and ‘adapting’ Freedom of Information responses for an SNP Unhappy Xmas!

..due to mental ill-health. Today, we hear the above claim, based on another Lib Dem freedom of information request and with Cole-Hamilton platformed to call for the problem to be laid at the feet of SNP ministers. Yesterday, 27th, we had an arithmetically-challenged Lib Dem FoI-based claim that police officers are taking more time off for mental health reasons when the data actually shows them almost exactly the same this year as last: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2021/12/27/15-year-old-modern-studies-pupil-has-fit-of-giggles-at-herald-report-on-police-absences/ The day before, 26th, they were ambulance-chasing for time wasted on hoax calls only for a quick analysis by a 16 year-old to reveal no increase … Continue reading Scotland’s media batch-processing THREE Lib Dem attacks on SNP Government over quiet festive period