Wednesday, 21 January 2015

Nearly 1/2 of Scots feel deceived by economic case put for independence - poll




A Survation poll in the Daily Record reports that nearly one half of Scots (47%)  feel that they were deceived in the economic case for independence put forward by the 'yes' campaign in the independence referendum

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/scots-back-snp-huge-numbers-5007758#rlabs=1

Monday, 5 January 2015

15 years of Scots control over huge budget for health and no impact on health inequalities




In an extraordinary admission the Health and Sport committee of the Scottish Parliament has reported that despite the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government having had responsibility for almost all aspects of health policy in Scotland for over a decade and a half, and having launched a number of intiatives to deal with the issue, gross health inequalities between social groups and geographical area in Scotland have remained unchanged.

In the current financial year NHS Scotland will spend £12billion or £2400 per Scot - 35 per cent of the of the devolved Scottish budget

For a more detailed analysis visit
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/15-years-of-health-policy-devolution-makes-little-impact-on-health-inequalities-in-scotland/