Questions and answers
Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.
- Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
- Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber
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Question reference: S6W-16127
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 2 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13796 by Kevin Stewart on 19 January 2023, whether it will provide an update on when further details will be available.
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Question reference: S6W-16126
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 2 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13797 by Kevin Stewart on 19 January 2023, whether it will provide an update on when further details will be available.
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Question reference: S6W-16125
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 2 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13799 by Kevin Stewart on 19 January 2023, whether it will provide an update on when further details will be available.
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Question reference: S6W-16128
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 2 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13795 by Kevin Stewart on 19 January 2023, whether it will provide an update on when further details will be available.
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Question reference: S6W-16676
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has provided an additional 20,000 endoscopies by March 2023, as committed to in the Endoscopy and Urology Diagnostic Recovery and Renewal Plan, published in November 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-16677
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has now implemented "a new National Surveillance Management Framework to mitigate clinical risk, reducing demand for surveillance endoscopy by up to 30%", as committed to in the Endoscopy and Urology Diagnostic Recovery and Renewal Plan, published in November 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-16679
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has developed an "educational programme for Urology Nurse (non-medical) Advanced Practitioners with cystoscopy skills", as committed to in the Endoscopy and Urology Diagnostic Recovery and Renewal Plan, published in November 2022, and, if so, how many practitioners have completed the programme to date.
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Question reference: S6W-16675
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has introduced "National Endoscopy Training Programme provision for basic and enhanced training for up to 70 non-medical and medical trainees per annum", as committed to in the Endoscopy and Urology Diagnostic Recovery and Renewal Plan, published in November 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-16678
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has introduced a "Once for Scotland" Patient Management Pathway, as committed to in the Endoscopy and Urology Diagnostic Recovery and Renewal Plan, published in November 2021, and, if so, whether it has reduced demand for (a) new endoscopy by 7,000 and (b) surveillance by 4,000.
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Question reference: S6W-16681
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has continued the Endoscopy Academic Training Programme for Nurse (non-medical) practitioners, and how many participants (a) have there been and (b) have completed the programme, since the publication of the Endoscopy and Urology Diagnostic Recovery and Renewal Plan in November 2021, to date.