Shocking Figures On Covid Testing

Public Health Scotland is under a cloud at the moment, but has released some shocking figures about the lack of Covid testing amongst high risk groups of NHS staff.

381 healthcare workers in cancer wards and long stay units for elderly patients did not take PCR tests over a period of seven days in June.

Of that total 160 staff actively declined to be tested including 60 on “specialist cancer wards and treatment areas” while 221 were not tested for operational reasons including supply issues or due to work pressures. 

 

Who Guards The Guards? (June 16, 2021)

Public Health Scotland (PHS) has been accused of acting as a 'guard dog' for SNP Ministers - rather than a watchdog for the public.   

Interesting to note PHS has 2 elected councillors on its board (Cllr Julie Bell and Cllr Jacqueline Cameron) - both SNP councillors from Angus and Renfrewshire.


  

Independent Watchdog vs Private Guard Dog (June 15, 2021)

The revelation that Scotland's independent health watchdog (Public Health Scotland) has a remit to behave as a private 'guard dog' to prevent criticism of SNP Ministers is truly shocking.

"Public Health Scotland (PHS), which reported on the mass discharge of patients into care homes, had to score research to determine whether papers challenged or criticised Scottish government policies. 

"To generate the score, the framework sets out questions which PHS should ask about material that it places in the public domain, including: “Does it challenge — or could it be interpreted as a critique of — Scottish government position or policy?”

We need a swift independent inquiry to get to the bottom of what has been going on.

 

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