From NHS Scotland: The impact of COVID-19 continues to affect the number of patients that can be screened but all IVF Centres remained open and screening appointments continued during the national lockdown announced in December 2020. In each quarter, 100% of all patients screened waited for 52 weeks or less. At 31 March 2021, 726 eligible patients were waiting to be screened, a rise of 5.2% compared to 690 patients at 31 March 2020. There were 670 patients waiting at 31 December 2020. In each quarter 100% of all patients were waiting for 52 weeks or less. Actually 100% of … Continue reading Stunning success of Scotland IVF service ignored

From SNP Media: New research shows that Scots electricity consumers are by the far the most financially discriminated against when it comes to the Westminster government’s charging scheme for electricity. The UK’s current electricity network favours imports at the expense of schemes in the UK – putting at risk the opportunity for green investment, jobs and economic growth in Scotland, and driving up household bills. The analysis by RIDG (Renewable Infrastructure Development Group) shows that the UK government’s system “favours investment in the south of England and the EU” rather than Scotland, and is ultimately paid for by consumers as part of their bills. Scottish … Continue reading Though surrounded by windfarms Scots pay more for electricity

I’m grateful to reader Fiona McBean who alerted me to the words of top UK Government adviser Jenny Harries who said, on the Marr show last Sunday that: ‘Because of the temperature issues the Pfizer was given to e.g. health care workers who tended to be younger. The Astra Zeneca went to older groups of individuals who were less able to come into main centres.’ Fiona suggests: ‘This would appear to confirm that in England no effort was made to take Pfizer to care homes and that they waited until the arrival of AZ in the new year as we … Continue reading Top adviser confirms that NHS England delayed care home vaccinations and thousands died

From SNP Media The SNP has said that only with the full powers of an independent country will Scotland be able to secure a fair, strong and equal recovery, after new statistics revealed a plunge in trade between the UK and the EU due to the impact of Brexit and the pandemic. The latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that between Oct-Dec 2020 and the first quarter of this year, trade between the UK and EU, excluding precious metals, fell by 20.3%. Meanwhile, imports of goods from EU countries, excluding precious metals, fell by a staggering £14 … Continue reading Plunge in trade between the UK and the EU

From SNP Media: THE SNP has today published the findings of its Social Justice and Fairness Commission, set up by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to present a route map for delivering a fairer Scotland. The findings of the report are based on the central principle that the function of government is to make life better for everyone and ensure no one is left behind. The Commission believes that, with independence, Scotland can build on the foundations that have been laid under devolution by the Scottish Government. The report offers a conversation starter to find consensus about the kind of Scotland … Continue reading A route map for delivering a fairer Scotland

Headlining for BBC Scotland, a report on vaccine no-shows in one centre, features an early and repeated suggestion that letters arriving late may have been the cause and Tory MSP Annie Wells implying that this is the cause and that ‘SNP ministers must give health boards the resources to ensure that people’s details are fully up-to-date.‘ BBC Wales on the 30th March reporting on no-shows in Swansea featured no such allegations and suggested instead: ‘people needed to ensure their GPs had their correct address.‘ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56575733 BBC England/UK? They’re not even reporting no-shows as an issue. What’s the research evidence? A … Continue reading BBC Scotland tries to blame vaccine no-shows on SNP

I haven’t got today’s figures but the number of new cases has been falling for 5 days now in Glasgow City. The system is robust unlike it’s outsourced, privatised, equivalent in England. Scotland’s MSM have a different tale to tell you: Continue reading Scotland’s test and trace teams succeeding in Glasgow

From SNP Media The SNP has hit back at Priti Patel over her comments that the British public voted for ramping up immigration raids – saying Scotland “absolutely did not vote for them” or the Tory government. The comments follow the Home Secretary’s announcement to punish asylum seekers who arrive in the UK via irregular routes – as the overwhelming majority of people fleeing persecution do. Under the proposals, people who enter the UK via irregular routes seeking asylum won’t have the same entitlements as those who arrive through official channels, such as resettlement schemes. The UN has condemned these plans. Priti … Continue reading Scotland did not vote for this

Even before a decade and more of Tory policies hammering us more strongly into knowing who we are, the people of Scotland had by far the strongest sense of identity and so, potentially the strongest of cases for autonomy. And, the above is no blood and soil, uneducated ethnic nationalism like that found in parts of England but based on the most educated population in Europe: Can we take some pride in this? Just a bit? Continue reading The strongest sense of identity and smart enough to know why?