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I heard on Sky News this morning that NHS England is not alone in being in crisis. It’s the same in Scotland too and the Irish newspapers are saying the same he noted confidently. Other than the short winter overload in A&E caused by massive increases in flu, I’m at a loss to identify any other part of NHS Scotland struggling while NHS England is in crisis almost across the board(s).
However, returning to GPs, we already know that Scotland is better staffed per head of population than other parts of the UK:
The welcome for the new contract here seems to be just another indicator of good management of the NHS by the SNP government akin to the recent evidence of nurse numbers also holding up at a higher level than elsewhere in the UK and the wise decision not to bully the junior doctors into accepting worsened conditions:
NHS England ‘haemorrhaging’ nurses as 33 000 leave each year. NHS Scotland Nurse staffing increases.
Here’s what the BMA Scotland reported today:
‘To inform the Scottish GP Committee’s decision on whether to implement the proposed new GMS contract in Scotland, a poll of the profession was held to establish whether the contract had the backing of GPs in Scotland. The poll was held between 7 December and 4 January and was open to all GPs working in Scotland, including trainees and locums. The poll asked the question: ‘Do you wish to see the proposed new Scottish GMS contract implemented?’
The overall results were:
Yes 71.5%
No 28.5%
Spoilt 5%
I couldn’t help laughing at the idea of GPs spoiling votes. Did they draw willies on the form but more anatomically correct ones?
Talking-up Scotland 
I think that as far as the metropolitan media are concerned, anywhere further than 2 miles from Tower Bridge is a foreign place and foreigners are not normal people, about whom anything can be believed. Many Scots want to leave England, so they must be bad at anything. So, if they say something about Scotland that puts England in a better context, it must be right.
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