There is only one problem with the Scottish government’s newly published vision to make the nation “a world leader in public health” and that is a credibility gap wider than the Grand Canyon. You might as well put Count Dracula in charge of the transfusion service.
As details of a new health body to oversee a Scotland “where everybody thrives”, were being unveiled by public health minister Aileen Campbell, the ink had hardly dried on the latest Scottish mortality figures.
Deaths in Scotland hit a 32-year high in the first quarter of 2018, up 13% on the same period last year. As usual, flu got the blame. But while flu deaths tripled between January and March, they accounted for only 331 of the 17,771 recorded
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Publish date : 2018-06-17 03:00:00
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