of domestic abuse is being reviewed. An inspection report in 2024 found that not enough was being done to provide basic information to victims during the justice process. BBC Reporting Scotland in their regular wee BBC Breakfast inserts report an important story that does, I agree, need reporting. As a ‘news’ service should they also give us some context and answer questions such as: Is this a growing problem? Is it worse in Scotland than in other parts of the UK? The answers, easily accessed: Level of domestic abuse incidents in Scotland unchanged since 2008 but now 114 0000, 16% … Continue reading Level of reported domestic abuse incidents in Scotland unchanged since 2008 but now 114 000 and16% more common in England & Wales

From Scottish Government – Experience of GP Practice and Out of Hours healthcare published today: Source – https://www.gov.scot/publications/health-and-care-experience-survey-national-report/ I can find no directly comparable research from England but the Daily Record knows that things are worse here: Continue reading Higher number of Scots think GP service is good or excellent and have better access to GPS

From Stage of treatment waiting times New outpatients, inpatients and day cases published today, the above and: At 30 April 2026, there were an estimated 572,206 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). Within this total, 444,036 individuals were estimated to be waiting for a new outpatient appointment, and 149,563 for an inpatient or day case admission. The number of waits over 52 weeks has been reducing month on month, down to 14,986 at 30 April 2026, a decrease of 1,130 … Continue reading NHS England overall hospital waiting list is 5% longer than in Scotland

From NHS waiting times – diagnostics – Waits for key diagnostic tests, published today, the above and: The total waiting list size (number of ongoing waits) for the eight key diagnostic tests combined was 112,696: 27,931 endoscopy waits and 84,765 radiology waits. This is a 9% decrease (-11,296) from the previous quarter-end, when there were 123,992 ongoing waits. The latest quarter end has the lowest number of ongoing waits seen since 31 May 2021 (111,619). Source: https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/nhs-waiting-times-diagnostics/diagnostic-waiting-times-waits-for-key-diagnostic-tests-26-may-2026/ The graph is perhaps not so easy to read but once explained it’s really good news for the Scottish Government. First the green … Continue reading Waits for key NHS Scotland diagnostic tests plummet

From NHS dental data monitoring report January to March 2026 published today: 5,273,339 people were registered with an NHS dentist. This is an estimated 95.1% of the Scottish population, using the 2024 National records of Scotland population estimate. 3,273,405 (62.1%) of these registered patients have participated in NHS primary dental care within the last 2 years. Source: https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/nhs-dental-data-monitoring-report/nhs-dental-data-monitoring-report-quarter-ending-march-2026/ There is no formal NHS dentist “registration” system in England and Wales (unlike Scotland, where ~94-96% of the population is registered). Instead, official statistics track the percentage of the population seen/treated by an NHS dentist in a given period (typically the last … Continue reading In England and Wales, one third fewer have had access to NHS primary dental care than in Scotland where 95% are registered