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Labour fail to run NHS properly – NHS Scotland now treating many anorexia patients from England and even one from 400 miles away in Wales

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The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser, finishing in 6 days, to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 in June and tiring] and hopefully to further improve the blog, has made a good start. To contribute, only if you can (!) go to: Talking-up Scotland – a Politics crowdfunding project in Ayr by Professor John Robertson By Professor John Robertson OBA, former Faculty Research Ethics Chair, UWS Thanks to iusedtobeenglish for alerting me to this. From BBC Wales yesterday: A woman who was diagnosed with anorexia at 19 had to travel as far away as Glasgow … Continue reading Labour fail to run NHS properly – NHS Scotland now treating many anorexia patients from England and even one from 400 miles away in Wales

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Have Chinese scientists found a way for Scots to survive a nuclear war?

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The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser primarily, finishing in 7 days, to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 in June and tiring] and hopefully to further improve the blog, has made a good start. To contribute, only if you can (!) go to: Talking-up Scotland – a Politics crowdfunding project in Ayr by Professor John Robertson Professor John Robertson OBA, former Faculty Research Ethics Chair, UWS My Google Alert today on ‘Nuclear cancer’ threw up this and other similar reports: From First Post: Have scientists found a way to survive a nuclear war? I immediately … Continue reading Have Chinese scientists found a way for Scots to survive a nuclear war?

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Scottish Labour to announce plans to make more use of private sector despite major Oxford University research review proving it will lead to ‘higher rates of avoidable death’

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The Scottish leader Anas Sarwar will announce plans to reduce health waiting lists by making greater use of the private sector. Professor John Robertson OBA, former Faculty Research Ethics Chair, UWS BBC Scotland this morning, on the Scottish Labour conference today, tell us the above astonishing news. It’s now a full year since the Lancet reported on large scale research review by Oxford University telling us that this strategy is extremely ill-advised. From Oxford University researchers, reported in The Lancet, on 29 February 2024: A new review has concluded that hospitals that are privatised typically deliver worse quality care after converting from public ownership. … Continue reading Scottish Labour to announce plans to make more use of private sector despite major Oxford University research review proving it will lead to ‘higher rates of avoidable death’

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NHS Scotland saving hundreds of lives with better cancer care performance

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The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser primarily to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 in June and tiring] and hopefully to further improve the blog, has made a good start. To contribute, only if you can (!) go to: Talking-up Scotland – a Politics crowdfunding project in Ayr by Professor John Robertson By Professor John Robertson OBA BBC Health is headlining today problems and delays in cancer care in England & Wales. BBC Scotland has nothing similar. Here’s why: In the Guardian on 3 February 2025: More than half a million people in England have had to … Continue reading NHS Scotland saving hundreds of lives with better cancer care performance

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Research – SNP Government’s early action and £4m spent on RSV vaccine for over 75s achieves 63% more coverage than NHS England, slashes hospitalisation rates and will have saved many lives

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The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser primarily, finishing in 14 days, to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 in June and tiring] and hopefully to further improve the blog, has made a good start. To contribute, only if you can (!) go to: Talking-up Scotland – a Politics crowdfunding project in Ayr by Professor John Robertson By Professor John Robertson OBA, former Faculty Research Ethics Chair, UWS BBC Scotland have reported RSV vaccine cuts hospital stays for older people but you’d never know from their broadcasts or the fuller website report, unless you read 13 … Continue reading Research – SNP Government’s early action and £4m spent on RSV vaccine for over 75s achieves 63% more coverage than NHS England, slashes hospitalisation rates and will have saved many lives

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Daily Record’s two ‘brave’ women’s experience does not undermine NHS Scotland’s ‘excellent ovarian cancer services across Scotland’

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Two deeply upsetting reports in the Daily Record today, I know, but you cannot base an evaluation of a service treating almost 500 patients every year, thousands in the last few years, on the experience of two. You can see from the above, latest data, that several waiting time targets are beaten year after year, that 7 out of 11 targets are met and that the others, especially the very important numbers 9 and 10, come close. This enabled an evaluation, based on evidence, of: The QPI results indicate that overall, the quality of ovarian cancer services across Scotland is … Continue reading Daily Record’s two ‘brave’ women’s experience does not undermine NHS Scotland’s ‘excellent ovarian cancer services across Scotland’

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Massive recent research study finds significantly higher risks for ALL cancers, especially among the under-5s, in those living less than 20 miles from nuclear power stations to show Scottish Labour’s support for them as a betrayal

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By Professor John Robertson OBA, former Faculty Research Ethics Chair, UWS Prompted by current controversy over the new Australian government’s plans for new nuclear power stations and warnings from doctors there of the huge health risks, I’ve had a look at the main research study being used by critics – Health Effects of Occupational and Environmental Exposures to Nuclear Power Plants: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression in Current Environmental Health Reports, 18 June 2024. Using 30km (18m) as as the defined distance for ‘local residency’, the researchers found: We identified 47 studies, 13 with worker and 34 with resident samples, covering 175 nuclear power … Continue reading Massive recent research study finds significantly higher risks for ALL cancers, especially among the under-5s, in those living less than 20 miles from nuclear power stations to show Scottish Labour’s support for them as a betrayal

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Here are the most important NHS pandemic recovery figures they’re hiding from you

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The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser primarily to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 in June and tiring] and hopefully to further improve the blog, has made a good start. To contribute, only if you can (!) go to: Talking-up Scotland – a Politics crowdfunding project in Ayr by Professor John Robertson By Professor John Robertson OBA, former Faculty Research Ethics Chair, UWS It’s constant, I’m sure you know, this kind of thing with Sarwar, Baillie and others frothing over selective figures: From Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios October 2023 to September 2024 published today, clear evidence of an … Continue reading Here are the most important NHS pandemic recovery figures they’re hiding from you

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Latest hospital mortality figures reveal that Scotland does have a one-tier health service unlike the one in that other place

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The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser primarily to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 in June and tiring] and hopefully to further improve the blog, has made a good start. To contribute, only if you can (!) go to: Talking-up Scotland – a Politics crowdfunding project in Ayr by Professor John Robertson By Professor John Robertson OBA, former Faculty Research Ethics Chair, UWS From Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios October 2023 to September 2024 published today: The above funnel plot shows that all of Scotland’s hospitals had the level of mortality previously predicted in earlier data … Continue reading Latest hospital mortality figures reveal that Scotland does have a one-tier health service unlike the one in that other place

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Mental health services – 18% improvement in one year as almost 90% of children and adolescents now treated within target

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Professor John Robertson OBA BBC Scotland today is headlining their own Disclosure team’s interviews with teenagers from one Glasgow unit. It sounds tragic. While taking nothing away from the unacceptability of the treatment reported, BBC Scotland also has a responsibility beyond that, to inform the public of the wider context so that one negative report does not, unfairly, come to represent reality for their audience. The latest figures, from Public Health Scotland, tell another important and different story: For the quarter ending September 2024: 89.1% of children and young people started treatment within 18 weeks of referral, which is an … Continue reading Mental health services – 18% improvement in one year as almost 90% of children and adolescents now treated within target