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Maternity unit inspection report requires no formal inquiry or police investigation, SIXTEEN trusts in England do, so BBC Scotland twist the inspection report to suggest ongoing worries though these were dealt with by Scottish Government TEN years ago

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Support Talking-up Scotland -In this election year in Scotland, the 90% pro-Union media and their sponsors in the opposition parties will do everything they can to undermine the pro-independence parties. Thought vastly outnumbered, we will do our very best to counter their lies and get you, every day, the true stories and the sources of evidence to prove them. Help us if you can at https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-get-the-facts-for-you From BBC Scotland today: A hospital in East Ayrshire has been ordered to improve the way it handles patient safety incidents in its maternity unit, almost 10 years after it was the centre of … Continue reading Maternity unit inspection report requires no formal inquiry or police investigation, SIXTEEN trusts in England do, so BBC Scotland twist the inspection report to suggest ongoing worries though these were dealt with by Scottish Government TEN years ago

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Long waits for treatment continue to plummet after Scottish Government’s extra £25 million pledge comes into effect

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Support Talking-up Scotland to keep rebutting the lies almost every day of the year, at https://t.co/xFcIcegHTy In early November 2025, BBC Scotland told us: The Scottish government has pledged £25.5m to help bring down NHS waiting times. First Minister John Swinney said the money would help deliver more hospital appointments. It is to be shared by nine health boards – Ayrshire and Arran, Fife, Grampian, Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Highland, Lanarkshire, Lothian, Shetland and Tayside. The Scottish Conservatives said the £22.5m fund – out of a £22bn health and social care budget – would “barely touch the sides” of what was … Continue reading Long waits for treatment continue to plummet after Scottish Government’s extra £25 million pledge comes into effect

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Total crime down by third and violent crime down by a quarter since 2007 but still as many police officers after 19 years of SNP rule

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Support Talking-up Scotland to keep rebutting the lies almost every day of the year, at https://t.co/xFcIcegHTy From Police officer quarterly strength statistics: 31 December 2025, published yesterday: There were 16,416 full-time equivalent (FTE) police officers in Scotland on 31 December 2025 This is an increase of 182 FTE police officers (+1.1%) from the 16,234 FTE police officers recorded at 31 March 2007 https://www.gov.scot/publications/police-officer-quarterly-strength-statistics-31-december-2025/ How important has it been to maintain police officer staffing at or just above that in 2007 when Labour was last in power in Scotland? See the graph above, non-sexual crimes of violence down by nearly a quarter … Continue reading Total crime down by third and violent crime down by a quarter since 2007 but still as many police officers after 19 years of SNP rule

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Everything is politicised in Scotland especially the NHS but never in England

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Support Talking-up Scotland to keep rebutting the lies almost every day of the year, at https://t.co/xFcIcegHTy By Liz “It is, in our view, a strong step on the way to achieving our shared ambition with the Scottish Government, of making Scotland the best place in the UK for doctors to train and work.“ Oh but apparently according to certain very hostile and opposing sources , aka anti SNP sources , it is the SNP, as the Scottish government, who are supposedly “destroying the Scottish NHS”. Meanwhile elsewhere in the UK other political parties who govern elsewhere within the UK fail to reach agreement with the doctors on their jobs and pay. The media within Scotland … Continue reading Everything is politicised in Scotland especially the NHS but never in England

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NHS Scotland continues to steadily increase number of operations with 98% on time as it recovers from Covid

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Support Talking-up Scotland to keep rebutting the lies almost every day of the year, at https://t.co/xFcIcegHTy From Cancelled planned operations Month ending 31 December 2025, published today: There were 24,441 operations planned to take place across NHS Scotland. This is 10.7% higher (+2,368) than the number planned in December 2024 (22,073). The number of planned operations increased gradually since COVID-19 affected services up to June 2023, followed by a two-year period of stability, and then showed signs of increasing again from around May 2025 onwards. Of all planned operations during December 2025 in NHS Scotland, 844 (3.5%) were cancelled the day … Continue reading NHS Scotland continues to steadily increase number of operations with 98% on time as it recovers from Covid

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NHS Scotland A&E departments still performing far better than NHS England

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Support Talking-up Scotland to keep rebutting the lies almost every day of the year, at https://t.co/xFcIcegHTy From Public Health Scotland Accident and emergency Accredited official statistics for December 2025, published today, 63.5% were treated within 4 hours and 2.1% waited more than 12 hours in Type 1 full Emergency departments. https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/healthcare-system/urgent-and-unscheduled-care/accident-and-emergency/downloads-and-open-data/our-downloads/ In NHS England, in the same month, 59.6% were treated within 4 hours. https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/ That 3.9% difference does not seem much at face value but remember we’re talking about around 30 000 people in Scotland and half a million people in England, so more than a thousand in Scotland were … Continue reading NHS Scotland A&E departments still performing far better than NHS England

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Scottish GP’s rep lies about research based on only 222 out of nearly 5 thousand GPs claiming to be ‘burned out’ and to aid BBC Scotland’s fake news campaign to save their Anas

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Support Talking-up Scotland to keep rebutting the lies almost every day of the year, at https://t.co/xFcIcegHTy Being reported repeatedly by BBC Scotland today in broadcasts and more fully on their website: According to the Royal College of GPs (RCGP), about a quarter of working time for general practice doctors in Scotland is spent supporting patients who are waiting for specialist appointments, placing a “significant and unsustainable pressure” on staff. RCGP Scotland vice chair Dr Chris Williams said: “When patients face long periods on secondary care waiting lists, they often return to general practice for ongoing care or as their condition deteriorates … Continue reading Scottish GP’s rep lies about research based on only 222 out of nearly 5 thousand GPs claiming to be ‘burned out’ and to aid BBC Scotland’s fake news campaign to save their Anas

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Delayed discharges fall by 8% in one year, in a two-year trend as ‘Scotland’s public sector model based on integration and cooperation among its component parts’ pays off

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Support Talking-up Scotland to keep rebutting the lies almost every day of the year, at https://t.co/xFcIcegHTy From Delayed discharges in NHS Scotland monthly Figures for December 2025 published today: Timely discharge from hospital is an important indicator of quality. It is a marker that care is person-centred, effective, integrated and harm-free. A delayed discharge occurs when a hospital patient who is clinically ready for discharge from inpatient hospital care continues to occupy a hospital bed beyond the date they are ready for discharge. At the December 2025 census, there were 1,867 people delayed. Compared to the previous three census points, this … Continue reading Delayed discharges fall by 8% in one year, in a two-year trend as ‘Scotland’s public sector model based on integration and cooperation among its component parts’ pays off

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Why did the SNP ‘fraud’ case attract offers of help from other agencies yet no help can be found to investigate Labour’s failures in the Emma Caldwell inquiry?

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Support Talking-up Scotland to keep rebutting the lies almost every day of the year, at https://t.co/xFcIcegHTy From BBC Scotland today: An investigation into the original inquiry into the murder of Emma Caldwell has stalled because prosecutors cannot find a police force from outside Scotland to take on the task. Scotland’s top law officer, Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain, announced two years ago she wanted an independent inquiry into potential criminality by officers involved in the case. However, the Crown Office has told BBC Scotland News that it has been unable to get an English or Welsh force to do the job because … Continue reading Why did the SNP ‘fraud’ case attract offers of help from other agencies yet no help can be found to investigate Labour’s failures in the Emma Caldwell inquiry?