"Conveniently, England has ten times the population (of Scotland) so, all things being equal, might be expected to have ten times the 850 vacancies in Scotland or 8 500. But, but, but it’s more than 41 000, around five time as high per capita. I suppose, if you were a BBC Scotland reporter, you’d have no choice but to abandon any standards you might have had back then, forget context and just go for a complicit voice who will wail about 850 vacancies."
https://thoughtcontrolscotland.com/2018/11/09/nurse-vacancies-in-scotland-only-a-fifth-per-capita-of-those-in-dear-old-blighty-blighted-by-toryism/