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Operations Cancelled Due To Capacity Or Non-Clinical Reasons Fall By 31%

You can see from the graph that operations cancelled by the patients or for a good clinical reason are largely unchanged since June 2017. However, operations cancelled for lack of capacity or for non-clinical reasons have fallen dramatically in the last three months and, crucially, continue to fall below last year’s low point in the summer of 2017. From the data tables (ref below), cancellations based on the capacity of hospitals or for non-clinical reasons such as staff non-availability, by hospital fell from 587 in April 2018 to 403 in June 2018. This is a fall of 31% in 3 months. I have of course used the three-month figure to get a better headline as recommended in BBC Scotland’s editorial guidelines.
https://thoughtcontrolscotland.com/2018/08/07/major-achievement-by-nhs-scotland-as-operations-cancelled-due-to-capacity-or-non-clinical-reasons-fall-dramatically-by-31/

A Baby Box Is A Positive Gift - RCM

Gill Walton, Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College of Midwives, said: “A baby box is a positive gift which signals that every baby is important and welcomed. Providing them will help many families whatever their background, and provide a more equal start to life for the baby. The Scottish baby box contains a number of very useful baby items that can support the health and wellbeing of new babies including an electronic thermometer, a baby carrying sling, a bath thermometer and a range of clothing. Most importantly by enabling parents to give their babies a safe sleeping space, baby boxes may reduce unsafe co-sleeping or babies sleeping in an inappropriate place such as a sofa.”
https://theorkneynews.scot/2018/08/02/a-baby-box-is-a-positive-gift-which-signals-that-every-baby-is-important-and-welcomed-royal-college-of-midwives/

Dr Phillipa Whitford on Brexit And The NHS

Since the UK Government took the decision to leave the EU there has been a 90% drop in nurses coming from the EU and 40 – 60% of EU Doctors are considering leaving. In Scotland, said Dr Whitford, 14% had already gone. “If we do not have enough people then we struggle to deliver the service. The young have the most to lose” she continued and “they didn’t get a voice….the EU citizens didn’t get a voice.”
https://theorkneynews.scot/2018/08/02/if-we-do-not-have-enough-people-then-we-struggle-to-deliver-the-service/

Half Scots Pledge To Donate Organs After Death

From BBC website - ‘More than half of Scotland’s population have registered to donate their organs or tissue after their death – the highest rate in Britain. Figures show that more than 2,724,000 Scottish residents are registered on the UK Organ Donor Register.’ And - ‘On 4 July there were 2,724,358 people in Scotland on the UK Organ Donor Register – 50.4% of the population. The UK average on 31 March was 38%.’
https://thoughtcontrolscotland.com/2018/08/02/more-evidence-of-a-difference-that-makes-a-difference-as-half-of-scots-pledge-to-donate-organs-after-their-death/

Satisfaction With Scottish NHS Much Higher Than Across The UK

So, with satisfaction at 78%, NHS Scotland satisfies 36% more of the Scottish population than the combined NHS does across the UK. Given that there are Scottish responses in and perhaps boosting the UK figures, we might find that satisfaction levels with the NHS, in the non-Scottish parts of the UK, are lower than 57%.
https://thoughtcontrolscotland.com/2018/07/06/at-78-level-of-satisfaction-with-nhs-scotland-is-impressive-36-higher-than-for-the-nhs-across-uk/

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