1-in-5 with suspected cervical cancer have to wait longer for treatment
One-in-five patients who have suspected cervical cancer have to wait longer than the target two months for treatment, it has been...
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Dec 29, 2021
Nearly 200 people have died waiting for an appointment for chronic pain in last 5 years
Nearly 200 people in Scotland suffering from chronic pain have died while waiting for an appointment to treat the problem in the last...
Dec 23, 2021
Thousands of Scots patients treated in the rest of the UK
Nearly 9,000 patients from Scotland have been treated in the rest of the UK over the past five years, new figures have revealed. A...
Dec 21, 2021
Number of beds available in A&E falls to lowest level in 5 years
The number of beds available in Scotland’s A&E departments has fallen to its lowest level in at least five years. Official figures show...
Dec 8, 2021
NEW POLL: Reality of separation turns Scots off
People in Scotland are far less likely to support leaving the UK if public spending is cut, a hard border is introduced with England, or...
Nov 25, 2021
Growing number of Scots oppose Sturgeon's Indyref2 timetable
A majority of people in Scotland oppose Nicola Sturgeon’s timetable for a divisive second independence referendum, a new opinion poll has...
Nov 16, 2021
Is the SNP helping to tackle climate change?
The SNP, having been elected to office in Scotland in 2007, has overseen policies concerning environmental issues for more than 14 years....
Nov 12, 2021
COP26 – Scotland’s place at the top table
As the COP26 summit draws to a close, there is much debate about what has and hasn’t been achieved in the fight against climate change....
Nov 8, 2021
Obama warns of the impact of nationalism
Earlier today, President Barack Obama told the COP26 summit in Glasgow, that the “rise of nationalism and tribal impulses around the...
Nov 6, 2021
Is the SNP helping to tackle climate change?
With COP26 underway, focus has turned to the performance of governments across the world when it comes to protecting the environment and...
Nov 3, 2021
SNP's Net-Zero Minister wants a separate Scotland to drill for more Oil
The SNP’s Net Zero Secretary Michael Matheson has said a separate Scotland would continue to allow the exploration and new drilling for...
Oct 22, 2021
Pamela Nash: Our most important single market by some distance is the UK.
This article first appeared in The Scotsman on 22/20/2021. There is a consensus within Scottish politics that growing our nation’s...
Oct 21, 2021
Jim Gallagher: Exports Matter
Exports matter. They are how a country makes its living in the world, enabling it to pay for the things it needs to import to survive or...
Oct 21, 2021
New Export Data Shows 60% of Scotland's Trade is with rest of UK
The Scottish Government’s official export data has highlighted the vital importance of remaining part of the UK for Scotland’s economy....
Oct 9, 2021
Indyref2 within two years? No thanks, say most Scots.
By Alastair Cameron, Director, Scotland in Union After a quiet summer for political polls in Scotland, we had something of a deluge in...
Oct 8, 2021
Patrick Harkness on World Space Week 2021
Patrick is Professor of Exploration Technology at University of Glasgow (writing here in a personal capacity). This month marks the 50th...
Oct 8, 2021
Pamela Nash on World Space Week 2021
Our chief executive Pamela Nash was Vice Chair of the UK Parliamentary Space Committee 2010-15, and UK Representative to the European...
Oct 8, 2021
Issues with Scottish covid app stem from hoarding power at Holyrood
Written by Alastair Cameron, director of Scotland in Union. Most people will be aware of the recent botched launch of Scotland’s covid...
Oct 6, 2021
SNP put Grievance ahead of Governance
The SNP government has been accused of ‘irresponsible gameplaying’ after the Supreme Court ruled that two parliamentary Bills were not...
Oct 5, 2021
The Question of the Question
Three professors have published a blog on the LSE website highlighting the importance of the wording of the question when it comes to...
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