Professor John Robertson OBA From People requiring a social care assessment and care at home services published today, the above graph, and: The estimated number of people assessed and waiting for a care at home package was 2,923 on 2 June 2025. This is a decrease of 6% from the estimated number of people waiting for a care at home package this time last year. https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/people-requiring-a-social-care-assessment-and-care-at-home-services/people-requiring-a-social-care-assessment-and-care-at-home-services-24-june-2025/ You’ll see from the graph that the level of those assessed but still waiting has been relatively static at around 3 000 for months now which enables comparison with the data for England. At … Continue reading Assessed but still waiting for care at home services – 50% more common in England than in Scotland

Professor John Robertson OBA From Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2024-25, published today, the above graph, and: There was little change in crimes recorded by the police in Scotland, decreasing by <1%, from 299,790 to 299,111. The recording of crime remains below the position immediately prior to the pandemic (2019-20) and down 51% from its peak in 1991. https://www.gov.scot/publications/recorded-crime-scotland-2024-25/ I know not all crime is recorded by police but research by Edinburgh University asking around 5 000 people if they have experienced crime shows a similar 46% fall from 2007, as the SNP came to power. https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-crime-and-justice-survey-2023-24-main-findings/pages/overview-of-crime-in-scotland/ page 79 Also, to … Continue reading LATEST – SNP maintain crime level steady at 40% below that of last Labour government but need the full powers of independence to push it further down again

Professor John Robertson OBA The above from September 2023, shows private healthcare providers (red) and MPs taking money from them to push their interests (blue £), notably then only two in Scotland – Edinburgh South (Labour) and Shetland/Orkney (Lib Dumb). I’ve been to a private physio and to a private consultant endocrinologist in recent times but, together, they add up to around 1% of the time I’ve spent in the NHS in the same period. My NHS is not dying nor is yours, I suspect. Looking closer, Central Scotland: 13 providers. The impoverished NE of England: 2 to 3 times … Continue reading Dr Kennedy says NHS Scotland is dying as a third of us turn to private care, this map shows only Scotland keeping its head above the tide

Professor John Robertson OBA The Herald today follows the above headline with these facts: The number of international visitors to Scotland increased again in 2024, as new figures show a record 4.4 million trips were made to the country last year – a 10% rise on 2023. And the amount spent by overseas visitors increased by 7% to £3.9 billion, although the number of nights those tourists stayed in the country decreased. It’s bit of a non sequitur for those of us who speak Scots. ‘The state of’ is always bad. The state of you, of your bedroom, of Sauchiehall … Continue reading State of Herald headlines as tourism surges

Professor John Robertson OBA Dr Iain Kennedy above, a trade union rep, sometimes laughably referred to as a ‘top’ doctor, is often platformed to attack the Scottish Government and, today is in the Daily Record to claim ‘OUR NHS IS DYING.’ He approved the above image! I only did two years of psychology but I recognise that personality type. You do too I’m sure. Stay away. Back to his claim. I could go on. Continue reading Our NHS is strong and improving but this Unionist part-time GP poses regularly to lie about it