New analysis reveals NHS Scotland’s Type 1 A&E departments treat almost twice as many per head within 4 hours as NHS England
Professor John Robertson OBA In June 2025, NHS Scotland treated 66.1% of 140 854 patients within 4 hours1 and NHS England did 61.7% of 881 692 in the same time. 2 Now that 4.4% difference doesn’t look much but look at the raw numbers treated. With 10 times the population, you’d expect NHS England to be treating 1.4 million and not just 880 692. So, NHS Scotland treats 66.1% of 140 854 or 93 104 folk in 4 hours and NHS England does 61.7% of 880 692 or 543 387. If NHS England had the expected 1.4m attending Type 1 … Continue reading New analysis reveals NHS Scotland’s Type 1 A&E departments treat almost twice as many per head within 4 hours as NHS England
A&E – 6 000 Scots treated on time who would not have been had they lived in England and nearly 40 000 folk in England NOT treated on time who would have been had they lived in a place like Scotland
Professor John Robertson OBA In June 2025, 140 854 people attended Type 1 emergency departments in Scotland and 66.1% were treated within the target time of 4 hours.1 In England, the equivalent figures were 881 692 and 61.7%. Critics will note only a 4.4% difference and both well below the 95% target but percentages need to be put in context. That 4.4% difference means around 6 000 Scots treated on time, in one month, who would not have been had they lived in England and more than 38 000 folk in England not treated on time in one month, who … Continue reading A&E – 6 000 Scots treated on time who would not have been had they lived in England and nearly 40 000 folk in England NOT treated on time who would have been had they lived in a place like Scotland
As BBC Scotland anticipate a widening attainment gap today, how the SNP HAS CLOSED the attainment gap within Scottish schools and WIDENED it with England
Professor John Robertson OBA This morning BBC UK’s Scotland Correspondent repeated the old ‘concerns about the Scottish Government’s failure to close the attainment gap.‘ It’s a lie. From the Scottish Government’s Literacy and numeracy standards reach record high report in December 2024: The proportion of pupils achieving the expected level in literacy and numeracy across primary and secondary schools has reached a new high, officials figures show. For numeracy, a record 80.3% of pupils across P1, P4 and P7 reached expected levels, while S3 also reached a new high of 90.3%. For literacy, achievement is also now at a record high … Continue reading As BBC Scotland anticipate a widening attainment gap today, how the SNP HAS CLOSED the attainment gap within Scottish schools and WIDENED it with England
Jackie Baillie’s ‘deathtrap for the frail’ claim is almost certainly a stinking great lie
Professor John Robertson OBA There are several versions of the above across the media. None give the figures for each of the five years in question, from 2019 to 2024. They only offer the increasing figures for the very small Orkney, Borders and Dumfries & Galloway health boards and the 1 600 or so in ‘early 2025‘, adding to the total. So, you have to wonder why they are all concealing the annual figures and only telling you about three small areas where they have evidence of an increase. The overall Scottish trend is down, I’d put money on it. … Continue reading Jackie Baillie’s ‘deathtrap for the frail’ claim is almost certainly a stinking great lie
Which Scottish public service has the highest customer service rating? I’ll give you a clue – it has red and black funnels
Professor John Robertson OBA We’ve seen a steady stream of politicised propaganda based on CalMac for a few years now and as recently as the above Scotsman headline only 5 days ago, suggesting some kind of crisis in Scotland’s west coast ferry system. You’d think, given its frequency and intensity, it must be real and that, because of that, ferry-users would be making their views clear, on the day they were in some way disappointed, through the company’s own evaluation easily accessible to them. They have made their views clear, but not in the way media critics might have hoped … Continue reading Which Scottish public service has the highest customer service rating? I’ll give you a clue – it has red and black funnels
NHS England and Wales start to adopt the attitudes of their ruling ‘New Nasty Party (Labour)’ but Lisa Summers will struggle to find them here
Professor John Robertson OBA From BBC Wales yesterday, the above and this astonishing news: NHS patients from Wales who need knee and hip operations in England face lengthy delays after a health board asked English hospitals to copy Wales’ longer waiting times. Powys health board announced the change as it could not afford the cost of how quickly operations over the border were being carried out, but patients have said they were not informed. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp89337gm7ro With NHS England and NHS Wales both now in the clutches of Starmerite thinking, you see how things will go for them both. Lisa Summers … Continue reading NHS England and Wales start to adopt the attitudes of their ruling ‘New Nasty Party (Labour)’ but Lisa Summers will struggle to find them here
After independence could they base the Trident subs in London’s Tilbury docks?
Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to Graham (?) for this comment: In the case of Faslane as the crow flies from there to Glasgow city centre it would be the equivalent distance of a Nuclear base being situated at Tilbury docks London. It’s always the same. Keep anything remotely hazardous as far away as possible from London and the Home Counties. But they want to control it though and reap the benefits from it. Everyone else is expendable. Especially us uppity Jocks. I’ve checked, roughly, with just one Scottish crow available in Scotland and a taxi driver in London, but … Continue reading After independence could they base the Trident subs in London’s Tilbury docks?
So, we’ve to pay more for electricity pylons and cables to ‘shift’ the ‘excess’ electricity we don’t need, over the border, because you will have produced 10 times what we need in our waters?
Professor John Robertson OBA In BBC Scotland TV reports this morning and on their website, the above headline and a report based on an interview with Scottish Power Energy Networks‘ chief executive Nicola Connelly. Her thinking is entirely, but I think unconsciously, based on the unquestionable nature of the Union. It’s by no means propagandistic as she makes no case for the Union, just takes it for granted and so, for the discriminating reader, like you, it offers a shocking insight into just how exploitative and pointless that union is for Scotland. First: A £34bn investment in Scotland’s electricity network … Continue reading So, we’ve to pay more for electricity pylons and cables to ‘shift’ the ‘excess’ electricity we don’t need, over the border, because you will have produced 10 times what we need in our waters?
Major safety improvements in Scottish section of the A1 with zero deaths compared to nearly 20 in just one English section to disappoint the Border Tories
Professor John Robertson OBA The Scottish Tories are in the Scotsman front page again today to try to undermine the Scottish government with some very carefully selected statistics on the A1 road deaths. I saw the Reported collisions on the A1 between Edinburgh and Lamberton: FOI release when it was published without revealing who had requested it, on July 10th 2025 and wondered then if the response had been a disappointment to the Border Tories and their local media pals. It had and so, three months later, they’ve decided just to fiddle it and get the ever-willing Scotsman to publish it. … Continue reading Major safety improvements in Scottish section of the A1 with zero deaths compared to nearly 20 in just one English section to disappoint the Border Tories
As demand for organ donation soars, donor consent is 11% higher in Scotland – imagine the media if that was the other way round?
Professor John Robertson OBA From BBC Sussex and featured in BBC Breakfast broadcasts today, the above story, and: At the time, there were about 1,000 transplants a year and about 2,500 people on the waiting list. From 2024 to 2025, more than 4,500 transplants have been carried out a year and about 8,000 people are on the waiting list, according to NHS Blood and Transplant. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgv929rpl3o From Organ donation in England and the UK: Statistics and law changes (House of lords Library), published on 6 December 2023: Organ donation is a devolved matter in the UK. The main impact of … Continue reading As demand for organ donation soars, donor consent is 11% higher in Scotland – imagine the media if that was the other way round?
Talking-up Scotland 