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However, the very idea that Scotland could ever be anything other than an irredeemable basket case is so pervasive and insidious, that when evidence or assertion to the contrary emerges it is often greeted with disdain or disbelief.
Some little moments are worth recounting on this front. One concerns a House of Commons select committee meeting in early 2022. Westminster’s health and social care committee was quizzing a group of international experts on the issue of patient safety in hospital settings, hoping to gain some insight on best practice for NHS England to follow.
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Was there, wondered a Leicestershire MP, any such example of best practice from anywhere in the world in this area? Was there, he asked, one country at “the very top of the pillar”?
Yes, replied a top Swedish doctor — Scotland. Professing himself “very impressed” by NHS Scotland’s patient safety record, which has massively reduced occurrences of cardiac arrest, sepsis and other risks in hospital, the Scandinavian doctor went on to say it was something the Nordic countries, among others, could learn from.
