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The real battleground for health is in GP surgeries

Comment We must put health at the centre of an independent Scotland

THERE is no doubt we all feel great pride every Thursday as we hear the clap for our NHS and social care colleagues, who have recently – alongside other key workers – made tremendous sacrifices, both personal and professional, in the ongoing struggle against Covid-19.

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Inaccurate claims can cause considerable distress and alarm to vulnerable patients. Photograph: PA

This is how Tories use misleading stats to scaremonger on NHS

NHS Scotland published its treatment and diagnostic waiting times statistics this week. The figures include waiting times for tests such as CT scans, ultrasounds, MRIs and cameras down the gullet or into the bowel.

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Devolution helped the NHS in Scotland take a different path to NHS England. At a time when devolution is being corroded, we must think carefully about its future as well as celebrate its past

NHS at 70: Universal healthcare will be safeguarded by independence

THE NHS is a strange institution. For most, it only truly matters at the best and worst moments of our lives – ushering new life into the world, and being or seeing loved ones poorly and vulnerable. Those interactions that we have with the health service – sometimes few and far between – are so formative they shape the way we all feel about this precious service.

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