By Bob Lamont BBC Scotland’s Lisa Summers, Health Correspondent, sees all through the lens of Westminster, the usual anal aspect of her analysis, but she is far from alone in projecting that perspective.  In their report for BBC Health, Graeme Ogston of BBC Scotland News and Hugh Pym BBC Health Editor introduce the UK pay offer by the 4th paragraph, the impact on Scottish Governments budget by the 5th, Wes Streeting by the 11th, the “The pay review body” absent the usual nonsense adjective of “independent” by the 12th, and so it goes on. Were a poll to be conducted … Continue reading How BBC Scotland and BBC UK are coordinating their misrepresentation of Scotland’s nurses pay deal

Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to rtpscott for alerting me to the above. Not a word on BBC Scotland nor on BBC Highland and Islands, on this story nor, of course, on one of the reasons such enhancement is desperately needed: Also, the UK Labour mistakes that have made life more difficult for Highland GPs: Continue reading Another story you won’t hear on BBC Scotland – ‘Thousands of additional procedures’ for Highlands thanks to £2.6 million SNP Government boost

Professor John Robertson OBA We’ve seen the chaos that is Labour-run Wales after decades of misrule, reported here, over and over. Labour-run UK will soon be revealed for the same. Today, in the Guardian, we see how 1.6 million people have now suffered from 40 years of Labour corruption and incompetence: Reform and the Tories are rubbing their hands with glee as residents once again pay the price for the disarray of the city’s Labour council. The failure of Birmingham’s leaders to get to grips with the situation is a symptom of the council’s deeper disarray. As far as dysfunctional … Continue reading Dysfunction, rats, rubbish is all that Labour offer you

Professor John Robertson OBA In the Guardian today, the above and: Hospitals in England are being offered unlimited bonus payments to remove people they decide do not need treatment from their waiting lists amid warnings that thousands of patients most in need are still facing unacceptable delays. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/10/hospitals-in-england-to-get-unlimited-incentive-payments-for-patients-taken-off-waiting-lists This scheme triggered a memory which concerned me. The so-called ‘serious’ media said little in 2013, but the Mail and other tabloids had: GPs have been paid bonuses to put elderly patients on controversial ‘death lists’ in an attempt to save the NHS money by cutting the number of people who die … Continue reading Is UK Labour’s new ‘unlimited’ bonuses for removing the sick from waiting lists just a repeat of a 2013 Tory scheme giving them for placing patients on ‘death lists?’

Professor John Robertson OBA From the Guardian today, the above and: Navigating England’s “complex” health and care system is “extremely difficult” and carers and patients are experiencing burnout, distress and harm as a result, a damning report says. There were frequent failures by NHS and care organisations in coordinating care for people with long-term health conditions, the Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) found. Figures show 41% of adults and 17% of children have at least one long-term health issue. The report said patients unable to navigate the health and care system were getting sicker as a result, missing vital appointments, and … Continue reading How England’s ‘complex’ health and care system is harming patients by creating a waiting list for care at home packages more than 50% longer, per head, than in Scotland