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As Mandelson case exposes the risks of using US company Palantir for health data, how Nicola Sturgeon’s government made sure it didn’t happen in Scotland two years ago

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Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above. In the Guardian today: Labour should halt public contracts with the US tech company Palantir, opposition politicians have said, amid growing concern at the lack of government transparency over dealings with the company and Peter Mandelson. Since 2023, Palantir has secured more than £500m in contracts with the NHS and the Ministry of Defence (MoD), while it employed Global Counsel, the lobbying firm founded by Mandelson. Emails released by the US Department of Justice show Mandelson sought help from Jeffrey Epstein to find “rich individuals” as clients. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/05/calls-to-halt-uk-palantir-contracts-grow-amid-lack-of-transparency-over-deals In August 2024, the BMJ warned: … Continue reading As Mandelson case exposes the risks of using US company Palantir for health data, how Nicola Sturgeon’s government made sure it didn’t happen in Scotland two years ago

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‘Tipping point’ with more midwives and far lower deaths? Police investigate over 1 000 avoidable baby deaths in NHS England but none in Scotland and NHS England pays out twice as much for maternity failings!

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Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above. The Herald today has ‘Tipping point’ for maternity services. It’s nonsense. Why? This: NHS England has to pay out more than twice as much as NHS Scotland for ‘maternity failings’ £1.3 billion was paid out in Scotland in 2024/205 compared to £27 BILLION in England. Per head, that £1.3 billion becomes £13 billion, less than half the NHS England pay-outs of £27 billion. Sources: https://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.scot/publications/media-release-inspection-report-royal-infirmary-of-edinburgh-nhs-lothian/ https://x.com/i/grok?conversation=1983476698260623709 https://www.cwj.co.uk/site/newsandevents/legalnews/costs_of_NHS_maternity_care_claims_revealed.html NHS Scotland caring for 8% of the population but with not one of the five major maternity crises and a system that is ‘equitable’ … Continue reading ‘Tipping point’ with more midwives and far lower deaths? Police investigate over 1 000 avoidable baby deaths in NHS England but none in Scotland and NHS England pays out twice as much for maternity failings!

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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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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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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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Reposted with no paywall – Why the ‘hospital deaths’ won’t result in criminal charges, why Scots don’t do DIY dentistry, why we don’t need nuclear energy for radiopharmaceuticals and why the Daily Record’s ‘Scotland’s mean streets’ is a dirty big lie

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Support Talking-up Scotland to keep rebutting the lies almost every day of the year, at https://t.co/xFcIcegHTy They will make as much as they can of this in the weeks between now and 7th May when the voters go to the polls to elect the next Scottish Government but as with the other attempts to undermine the reputation of the SNP in governance, nothing will come of it. I’ll eat my hat etc. Have there been any comparable investigations into potentially fatal hospital acquired infections leading to prosecutions and punishment, anywhere in the UK, ever? Yes, four. From an AI search … Continue reading Reposted with no paywall – Why the ‘hospital deaths’ won’t result in criminal charges, why Scots don’t do DIY dentistry, why we don’t need nuclear energy for radiopharmaceuticals and why the Daily Record’s ‘Scotland’s mean streets’ is a dirty big lie

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Former Labour candidate in BBC Scotland’s attack on supposed ‘under-fire’ Scottish health boards today yet none are being investigated like the 16 English health trust maternity units which are in ‘special measures’ for high mortality, 4 investigated by the police

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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 In the Daily Record, 2 July 2010: LABOUR has selected union official Matt McLaughlin as the party’s candidate to fight next year’s Scottish Parliament election. Mr McLaughlin was chosen as the party’s standard-bearer for … Continue reading Former Labour candidate in BBC Scotland’s attack on supposed ‘under-fire’ Scottish health boards today yet none are being investigated like the 16 English health trust maternity units which are in ‘special measures’ for high mortality, 4 investigated by the police

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SNP policy HALVES alcohol-related hospital admission as 93% of abusers treated within three weeks

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From Alcohol related hospital statistics Scotland financial year 2024 to 2025 published today: Alcohol-related hospital admissions in Scotland, above, peaked in 2007/2008 at 43 038, after decades of Labour power in Scotland. After the first SNP government in 2007/2008, they began to fall then after 2018 when the SNP minimum unit-pricing policy was implemented, they began to fall even more steeply, to 27 126 last year. This, almost a halving of demand, is a major benefit for the NHS in Scotland, attributable to a policy developed by the SNP in government, these last 19 years. What other factor may have … Continue reading SNP policy HALVES alcohol-related hospital admission as 93% of abusers treated within three weeks

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Is it insensitive to want a hard border when ‘UK’ loses WHO status as being measles-free after rise in deaths and fall in jab uptake?

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The above shocking news [Sun] is all over the media but none are telling us this: Only Scotland and Wales meet WHO target for measles protection From Childhood immunisation statistics Scotland Quarter ending 30 September 2025, yesterday: The first dose of Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine is offered between 12 and 13 months old and the second dose at 3 years 4 months old. 92.5% of children had the first dose of MMR vaccine by 24 months of age. This rose to 95.9% for children who had reached age 5. Uptake of the second dose of MMR vaccine by 5 years was 90.6%, rising … Continue reading Is it insensitive to want a hard border when ‘UK’ loses WHO status as being measles-free after rise in deaths and fall in jab uptake?

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As one student nurse in England faces £77 thousand in debt Scotland’s free training and bursary means TWICE as many train to then give us 50% more nurses in hospitals and lower mortality rates

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In the Guardian today: Helen Lambert borrowed £57,000 to go to university and began repaying her student loan in 2021 after starting work as an NHS nurse. Since then she has repaid more than £5,000, typically having about £145 a month taken from her pay packet. But everything she hands over is dwarfed by the £400-plus of interest that is added to her debt every month, thanks to rates that have been as high as 8%. Her total outstanding debt had ballooned to more than £77,000 by the end of November, and it is set to get a lot bigger as there … Continue reading As one student nurse in England faces £77 thousand in debt Scotland’s free training and bursary means TWICE as many train to then give us 50% more nurses in hospitals and lower mortality rates