> For some issues, you might get different advice in the Scottish one than the UK-wide one

its not a UK wide one. The home page says "NHS Website for England".

I seem to remember the Scottish one had privacy issues with Google tracking embedded, BTW.

> So, if you've gone into labour somewhere in the remote Highlands and Islands, you'll get different advice than if you lived in Central London, where there's a delivery room within a 30 minute drive

But someone in a remote part of England will get the same advice as someone in central London, and someone in central Edinburgh will get the same advice as someone on a remote island, so it does not really work that way.

> if you live in the USA, but US medical advice is wildly different to the UK.

Human biology is the same, diseases are the same, and the difference in available treatments is not usually all that different. This suggests to me someone's advice is wrong. Of course there are legitimate differences of opinion (the same applies to differences between

> But someone in a remote part of England will get the same advice as someone in central London,

The current system might not have perfect geographic granularity but that doesn't mean it isn't preferable to one that gives advice from half the world away.

> Human biology is the same, diseases are the same, and the difference in available treatments is not usually all that different

Accepted medical definitions differ, accepted treatments differ, financial considerations, wait times and general expectations of service vary wildly.