Letter

North of the border

Dear healthmatters — I hesitate to criticise your journal because it is one of the most consistently helpful and informative publications to hit my desk.

Please stop suggesting (as you do in your issue 20 editorial) the The Health of the Nation strategy is a commitment to the UK. It is not a commitment to Scotland. The Scottish health service is subject to different propaganda.

Persistent suggestions that what happens in England has happened to the UK depresses us in Scotland. I don’t mean to depress anyone by mentioning it.