I'm English but DH is Scottish have lived here for 26 years, NHS and education are devolved so are NS responsibility, I'm not sure lockdown has really achieved that much anywhere as the statistics show similar patterns everywhere, mostly the old and the medically vulnerable are worst affected, lockdown doesn't alter this pattern, it flattens curve do not do many ill at once.
Scotland is behind England
And especially London as they peaked earlier so are past peak earlier. The death and infections rates in Scotland have not dropped so much as England, however there are also large areas of particularly rural Scotland with very cases, as someone mentioned 10 out of the 15 health boards in Scotland have less than 5 in ICU.
NHS is a devolved matter so if there is a shortage of PPE in London, it is ultimately up to Boris to solve, PPE shortages in Glasgow are Nicola's responsibility not Boris's procurement of PPE is a worldwide problem, no one whether Tory or SNP can magic masks or scrubs or covid tests out of nowhere. Care home deaths and inspections in Scotland are due to NHS Scotland decisions always were, this is not something that changed in March, it appears the death rate per million and R rate and infections per million are higher in Scotland, but generally before this health and life expectancy in Scotland was s bit lower than in England.
I don't vote SNP and never will but NS is not an angel compared to Boris, neither is she the wicked witch of the west. It is just as understandable that we are in lockdown 2-3 weeks longer as death / infection rate not dropping so fast as in England, but it is equally logical that England should ease up when their figures show a continuing, consistent and definite decline. This to me looks scientific there is no reason for all 4 nations to be the same when disease levels are not the same.
Nicola had said thought was been given to open up some areas of Scotland before others due to figures, there have been no new cases in Western isles for a few weeks, there is a reluctance to do this as doesn't seem fair for one group to have more freedom than another but it would be following the science. Other countries have done this , Germany France Spain Italy where some counties or areas are more affected than others.
Politically parties have to be different to justify existence, so while I think NS is following science she has to be a bit different too no party completely follows science. A healthy economy is part of health, the area of Scotland affected worst by Covid is Glasgow this is not random it is expected, it already has the poorest health, the lowest life expectancy, highest deprivation and poorest housing these things are inextricably linked, anyone could have guessed years ago that Glasgow would be much worse than Highland and the Borders.
There would have been a scientific case in England to keep lockdown longer in NW and NE regions but it wouldn't have been politically expedient, there is a similar scientific case in Scotland to ease lockdown in the areas with less than 5 in ICU but it wouldn't be politically acceptable to keep Glasgow Aberdeen Dundee and Edinburgh in lockdown and ease up elsewhere
All politicians everywhere try to balance science against public opinion and expediency even when they pull or point in different directions