Any excuse for a crisis, BBC Scotland get one consultant to tell them of the pressure in one hospital, Edinburgh Royal, and use that to justify the suggestion of a nation-wide ‘NHS crisis!’ EDI does seem objectively to be in trouble. They only see 60.8% of A&E patients in 4 hours compared to the national average of 72.7% or NHS Tayside at 92.1%. Dr Whitworth, above, associate medical director for NHS Lothian and the rest of the board need to do something, I’d say and not just wait for the Health Secretary to solve their problems with more money. BBC … Continue reading Could the Associate Medical Director of a health board be responsible for anything, BBC Scotland?

From the Herald today: Scotland has the UK’s best petrol supply according to average fuel stock levels which were recorded at the end of the day on Sunday. New Government figures show filling stations in Britain had an average fuel stock level of 25% on Sunday, down from 33% before the crisis, however Scotland had an above average level of how full filling station storage tanks were. The average fuel stock in Scotland was ahead of all other regions at 35%, followed closely by North-east England which saw filling station storage tanks at an average of 33%. Fuel shortages continue across … Continue reading Chaos at Herald as they reveal ‘Scotland has best petrol supply’

He can’t help it. Clearly still a wee lad himself, the Herald’s Iain Macwhirter can’t help liking, maybe wishing he was, an Alpha, just a tad. In April 2021 on Big Game Phil: In December 2020: Mr Johnson is a most unlikely history man. Most political commentators, myself included, dismissed him as a charlatan, a buffoon, an intellectually lazy chancer who just got lucky when he was elected London Mayor in 2008. But no one has a lucky streak as long as his without having a touch of genuine political genius. But when it comes to smart young women having the nerve to … Continue reading Macwhirter’s weakness for lovable rogues and fear of strong women

Scotsman writer, former adviser to Lord McConnell and Labour Councillor, Susan Dalgety, is quick to condemn the FM with the faux indignation of the sociopath: It’s a Labour pattern of behaviour as they creepily groom unsuspecting relatives and promise them revenge on professionals they can connect to the SNP Government: Sarwar has been revelling in telling this tale of Millie Main since the tragic death 4 years ago. In a recent TV debate, when Sturgeon responds, he twice shouts ‘Millie Main’ at her. Today a factual observation on support for independence in the different age groups is turned by Dalgety … Continue reading Labour’s faked feelings

From BBC Wales today: Long delays outside hospitals are costing ambulance crews thousands of hours when they are unable to respond to other calls, a new report has found. It found frequent delays were having a “detrimental” impact on the NHS’s ability to care for patients. and this sensible suggestion: The report makes 20 recommendations and says the ambulance service, health boards and Welsh government need to work together to make improvements. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-58817600 What no apology from the First Minister or the Health Secretary? No suggestions of shame? No pictures of the Health Secretary looking sad? Not a word from … Continue reading Ambulance service, health boards and government need to work together

Among my several deficits is the law. Luckily, others are less challenged and have firmly put this playground game back in its box: First, the current Tory hypocrisy: Second, what this really means for Scotland: Continue reading Scotsman accused of manipulating readers with tosh

In one of the sharpest examples of bias by omission ‘our’ MSM will not be pointing out the obvious, hyper-charged elephant in the newsroom. Scotland produces far more electricity and gas than it consumes, yet we will all share in the above crisis. With 8% of the population, Scotland produces 28% of the UK’s gas consumption. The rest comes mainly from Norway and Russia. https://www.gov.scot/news/oil-and-gas-production-statistics-for-2019-1/ And on electricity, none mention that Scotland produces 97% of its electricity from renewables, compared to only 35% in the UK or that 25% of the UK consumption is transferred from Scotland. https://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/19504045.scotland-reaches-renewables-top-three/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_Scotland: “BEIS Energy … Continue reading Should that be ‘Scots warned to claim independence over energy supply crisis?’

In the Herald yesterday and, of course, headlined by BBC Scotland: A mother only discovered her cancer patient son had been put on preventative medicine because a Glasgow hospital was “dirty” from medical staff at a clinic in Florida where he had flown for treatment, an inquiry has been told. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19629211.scottish-hospital-inquiry-mother-learned-glasgow-hospital-dirty-us-doctors/ What is the actual risk to life from a supposedly dirty hospital? It’s hospital-acquired blood poisoning, sepsis. How common is sepsis? Is the trend up or down and by how much? Is the rate in Scotland higher or lower than elsewhere? Sepsis mortality data for recent years is still … Continue reading US doctors would know all about dirty hospitals

Scotland’s vaccination rate surpassed that of the rUK on the 25th September and began to accelerate away on the 2nd October. We’re now vaccinating around 50% more than the other 3 nations. This will explain in part our plummeting infection level: The MSM seems not to be reporting these data anymore with one of the last being the Times in May 2021, claiming ‘Scots lag behind in first Covid vaccine shots to over-40s‘: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/scots-lag-behind-in-first-covid-vaccine-shots-to-over-40s-5xzgwprjt Continue reading Scotland surging ahead on vaccinations

From Public Health Scotland’s incident management team report on the Nike conference outbreak – March 2020: An outbreak of COVID-19 was identified in Scotland on 2 March 2020 following thedetection of a case among 71 delegates who attended a conference in Edinburghbetween 25 and 27 February 2020. The delegates were from Scotland, England,Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and the Netherlands. These WGS results strongly suggest that the actions taken by the incident management team (IMT) to manage the outbreak were successful in curtailing onward transmission. Considerable correspondence from the people of Edinburgh has praised the Health Secretary for her … Continue reading Jeanne Freeman praised as incident management team strongly successful in curtailing onward transmission from Nike conference