NHS Scotland

Competence

• Urged Scots to stay safe in colder weather by walking like a penguin.
• Testosterone prescriptions for girls under 19 have gone from 20 in 2013 to 484 in 2023. There has been a 56 per cent rise since 2022.
• The number of testosterone related items given to women aged 20 to 29 was almost 50 times higher last year compared with 2013.
• Avoid sectioning mentally ill blacking patients to avoid appearing racist.
• Patients are informed by whistleblowers they may be infected with HIV with unsterilised surgical tools.
• Sent £40.5million to entities in Pakistan without invoices.
• More than 400 serious surgical mistakes carried out on patients over the past year.
• Left a high risk mother to give birth alone and the child died.
• Police investigate the deaths of 11 patients after the same heart procedure.
• Discriminates against white job applicants by manipulating shortlists in favour of black and ethnic minority candidates.
• Sri Lankan wins lawsuit against NHS as midwives fail to explain why she needed to feed her son.
• Investigated a student nurse because she expressed views against abortion.
• Pays £8.53 for paracetamol under SNP "free prescriptions" policy and £6.87 for ibuprofen where it can be purchased for 39p at Tesco.
• The number of patients waiting in A&E for more than 12hours in 2024 is 99 times higher than 2011.
• Ransomware group publishes stolen NHS Scotland data to the dark web.