They were able to do this by changing the machines’ inner tubing to use air instead of oxygen to operate the ventilator. The machines were then tested, calibrated and are now approved for use to treat patients with coronavirus.
https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com

"Overall, house building is at a lower level with 27 houses built for every 1 000 people in England and 35 built in Scotland but it is in the social housing, built by local authorities and housing associations, that we see the failure to provide homes for the less well off so clearly. Scotland has built 51 380 such homes while England with ten times the population has built 297 440, less than six times as many."
https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com

"Thanks to a parliamentary question from the Lib Dems on Wednesday, the Scottish Government was able inform us that the mortality rate for children aged 1 to 9 has fallen 7%, from 10.39 per 100 000 in 2013 to 9.7 per 100 000 in 2018. The UK rate is also 9.7. Since 2007, the Scottish rate has fallen from 15 per 100 000 to the UK rate. In 2008, the UK figure was 12.3 per 100 000."
https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com

A useful synopsis of advice for citizens as at 6 March 2020.
https://theorkneynews.scot