FOR YEARS SCOTLAND HAS PURSUED the merger of health and social care as a structural reform. The aim has been
POLITICIANS CAN’T BE experts on medical matters, but they must be sufficiently informed to ask the correct questions. They will
IMAGINE THE HEADLINE: “Reform UK pledges to reduce the NHS Scotland budget by 20%”. NHS expenditure in Scotland is about
IN THE REFORM UK HAMILTON CONSTITUENCY OFFICE in May 2025, one person was lunching on a Pot Noodle and another
NO POLITICIAN FOR A GENERATION has been able to answer the question: how do you solve a problem like the
GOVERNANCE OF NHS SCOTLAND has long been centralised, with the Scottish Government exercising considerable influence over Health Boards. Currently, the
SCOTLAND CONTROLS its own health system. Holyrood determines how services are structured, how clinicians are trained, and how governance operates.
UNDER REFORM UK, the NHS in Scotland will remain free at the point of need and will be fully funded
FOR TWENTY YEARS, we have been told that Scotland could be like Denmark, Norway, or Finland –if only we were
THERE’S A MOMENT in Chewin’ the Fat when the Big Man fixes someone with a stare that says more than