A&E patient spends 5 days in a chair in a ‘warzone’ hospital but the Welsh Labour Health Secretary is not responsible in any way
Talking-up Scotland costs nothing so donate to our friends at https://www.broadcastingscotland.scot/donate/ or take out a subscription to my favourite, nearly 100 year-old, paper-based, to your door, Scots Independent newspaper, at: https://scotsindependent.scot/FWShop/product-category/subscriptions/ From BBC Wales today: Man spends five days in chairs at ‘warzone’ hospital. A patient who said he was left waiting in a hospital chair for five days has described his “nightmare” experience. Nicky Morgan, 42, went to Morriston Hospital, Swansea, on Saturday night with severe headaches and was told he had a potentially serious condition.But he said he was told there were no beds and has slept on a chair in a … Continue reading A&E patient spends 5 days in a chair in a ‘warzone’ hospital but the Welsh Labour Health Secretary is not responsible in any way
Mainland towns cannot have a ‘lifeline’ ferry service
Talking-up Scotland costs nothing so donate to our friends at https://www.broadcastingscotland.scot/donate/ or take out a subscription to my favourite, nearly 100 year-old, paper-based, to your door, Scots Independent newspaper, at: https://scotsindependent.scot/FWShop/product-category/subscriptions/ The above is from Martin Williams, one of the Herald’s several ferry correspondents. This ‘lifeline’ ferry only operates only in the summer season, once a day, for a very good reason. I doubt it’s cancellation is ‘angering’ anyone seriously. For any geographically challenged out there, Campbelltown is not on an island it’s on the mainland at the end of a long peninsula known as the Mull of Kintyre. Here’s what the Herald is … Continue reading Mainland towns cannot have a ‘lifeline’ ferry service
Remember when he was the one who appointed Donald Trump as ‘Ambassador for Scotland?’
By NMRN “Based on the media coverage [of the Emma Caldwell case], leaders and viewers could well think this buck stops at the door of Humza Yousaf, the Scottish Government, the SNP”. …….and that is the objective is it not……we also saw it with the Post office scandal….where the Horizon system was not a system agreed to and then rolled out by the SNP as when that system was first implemented they, the SNP, were not even the Scottish government at the time (but where like everything else instigated by other political parties the SNP ,as Scottish government, gets dragged into yet another mess … Continue reading Remember when he was the one who appointed Donald Trump as ‘Ambassador for Scotland?’
Better-performing NHS in Scotland meant fewer excess deaths than in other 3 nations
Talking-up Scotland costs nothing so donate to our friends at https://www.broadcastingscotland.scot/donate/ or take out a subscription to my favourite, nearly 100 year-old, paper-based, to your door, Scots Independent newspaper, at: https://scotsindependent.scot/FWShop/product-category/subscriptions/ The above, from a Freedom of Information request, to the Scottish Government, published today, reveals that, for the most part, the relative level of excess deaths in Scotland (black line) was significantly lower than in the other three nations and, especially so, in Conservative-run England and Labour-run Wales. Given that Scotland often has lower background health outcomes and an older population, this can only be attributed to SNP Government management of and effectiveness … Continue reading Better-performing NHS in Scotland meant fewer excess deaths than in other 3 nations
Local authority funding fact check – they had a SURPLUS of almost £100 million last year from SNP Government support to add to the £4.5 BILLION they already have!
Talking-up Scotland costs nothing so donate to our friends at https://www.broadcastingscotland.scot/donate/ or take out a subscription to my favourite, nearly 100 year-old, paper-based, to your door, Scots Independent newspaper, at: https://scotsindependent.scot/FWShop/product-category/subscriptions/ How much have they already got in those usable reserves? At 31 March 2023, local authorities held £4,532 million of usable reserves. https://www.gov.scot/news/local-government-expenditure-and-income-in-2022-23/#:~:text=At%2031%20March%202023%2C%20local,be%20repaid%20from%20future%20revenues. £4.5 BILLION! Talking-up Scotland costs nothing so donate to our friends at https://www.broadcastingscotland.scot/donate/ or take out a subscription to my favourite, nearly 100 year-old, paper-based, to your door, Scots Independent newspaper, at: https://scotsindependent.scot/FWShop/product-category/subscriptions/ Continue reading Local authority funding fact check – they had a SURPLUS of almost £100 million last year from SNP Government support to add to the £4.5 BILLION they already have!
News you’re unlikely to hear 4 – Thanks to better vaccine uptake there was one case of measles reported in 2023 and it was acquired outwith Scotland
From Public Health Scotland today: There was one case of laboratory-confirmed measles reported in 2023, in the last quarter of the year. This case was acquired outwith Scotland. Prior to this, the last laboratory-confirmed case, the first since 2019, was a single case in 2022 which was imported from outside the UK. https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/immunisation-and-vaccine-preventable-diseases-quarterly-report/immunisation-and-vaccine-preventable-diseases-quarterly-report-october-to-december-2023-q4#section-2 Why are measles getting little media attention in Scotland? It’s not looking better together as England reports third-world levels of vaccination. Continue reading News you’re unlikely to hear 4 – Thanks to better vaccine uptake there was one case of measles reported in 2023 and it was acquired outwith Scotland
News you’re unlikely to hear 3 – hospital discharge delays reduced by dramatic 25%
From Public Health Scotland today: The average (median) length of delay for people delayed at the January 2024 census was 22 days, a decrease of 7 days from December 2023. This equals the November 2023 figure and is the lowest average length of delay in the past three months, October to December 2023. https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/delayed-discharges-in-nhsscotland-monthly/delayed-discharges-in-nhsscotland-monthly-figures-for-january-2024/#section-2 There has, as the other media will no doubt tell us, been a 3% increase in the number of people delayed. Continue reading News you’re unlikely to hear 3 – hospital discharge delays reduced by dramatic 25%
News you’re unlikely to hear 2 – 84% of children waiting for mental health services seen within target time despite increased demand and after 11% improvement
From Public Health Scotland today: 83.8% of children and young people were seen within 18 weeks of referral, which is an increase from 75.6% for the previous quarter and from the 70.4% for the same quarter ending December 2022. The Scottish Government standard states that 90% of children and young people should start treatment within 18 weeks of referral to CAMHS. 4,531 children and young people started treatment at CAMHS in Scotland. This is a 3.3% decrease from the 4,686 starting treatment in the previous quarter, and a 19.7% decrease from the 5,641 starting treatment in the quarter ending December … Continue reading News you’re unlikely to hear 2 – 84% of children waiting for mental health services seen within target time despite increased demand and after 11% improvement
News you’re unlikely to hear – 81% waiting for psychological therapy see within target time and 50% within only 3 weeks
From Public Health Scotland today: 80.6% of people of all ages started their treatment within 18 weeks of referral, compared to 79.4% of people for the previous quarter, and 81.4% of people for the quarter ending December 2022. The Scottish Government standard states that 90% of people should start their treatment within 18 weeks of referral to psychological therapies. 50% of the people of all ages starting treatment started within 3 weeks of referral. Continue reading News you’re unlikely to hear – 81% waiting for psychological therapy see within target time and 50% within only 3 weeks
What did the Labour First Minister know about racism and misogyny in Strathclyde Police in 2005?
The BBC Scotland reporting this morning has: The mother of Emma Caldwell is to meet the first minister on Tuesday to call for a public inquiry into the investigation of her daughter’s murder. Margaret Caldwell wants a judge to look into the failings by police in the case. Iain Packer was jailed for life on 28 February for the murder of Emma as well as 11 rapes and multiple sexual assaults against a total of 22 women. The Scottish government has said it will consider a public inquiry. After the verdict, Police Scotland apologised for how the original inquiry was … Continue reading What did the Labour First Minister know about racism and misogyny in Strathclyde Police in 2005?
