- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 July 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 26 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-02449 by Maree Todd on 21 September 2021, whether it will provide an update on how many abdominal aortic aneurysm screenings have taken place in each month since the start of 2019.
Answer
Further to the answer to question S6W-02449 which provided information on the number of people who attended an abdominal aortic aneurysm screening appointment between January 2019 and July 2021. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers The following table provides information on the number of people who attended an abdominal aortic aneurysm screening in each of the months that followed from August 2021 to June 2022.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 July 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 26 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-02452 by Maree Todd on 21 September 2021, whether it will provide an update on how many diabetic retinopathy screenings have taken place in each month since the start of 2019.
Answer
Further to the answer to question S6W-02452 which provided information on the number of people screened for diabetic retinopathy in each month between January 2019 and July 2021. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers The following table provides information on the number of people screened for diabetic retinopathy, in each month of the period that followed, from August 2021 to June 2022:
Year | Month | Number of people screened |
2021 | August | 14608 |
September | 15161 |
October | 13630 |
November | 13630 |
December | 12928 |
2022 | January | 14598 |
February | 14933 |
March | 16250 |
April | 15049 |
May | 19147 |
June | 17116 |
However, it is important to note that the Scottish Government does not routinely publish this information as it is only held as management information and is not subject to the standard quality control checks required for official publication. During the acute phase of COVID-19 management, the information was provided in light of the increased interest in screening performance.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 July 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 26 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-02451 by Maree Todd on 21 September 2021, whether it will provide an update on how many cervical cancer screenings have taken place in each month since the start of 2019.
Answer
Further to the answer to question S6W-02451 which provided information on the number of samples collected within the cervical screening programme from January 2019 to August 2021. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers The following table provides information for each of the months that followed from September 2021 to June 2022.
Cervical Smears collected |
Month/Year | 2021 | 2022 |
Jan | | 25990 |
Feb | | 26873 |
March | | 29722 |
April | | 24461 |
May | | 28919 |
June | | 27959 |
July | | |
August | | |
September | 22562 | |
October | 22545 | |
November | 27967 | |
December | 19175 | |
However, it is important to note that the Scottish Government does not routinely publish this information as it is only held as management data and is not subject to the standard quality control checks required for official publication. During the acute phase of COVID-19 management, the data was provided in light of the increased interest in screening performance. However, a report is produced annually providing fully checked information and statistics, and I now refer to the most recently published report which can be found here: Scottish cervical screening programme statistics - Annual update to 31 March 2021 - Scottish cervical screening programme statistics - Publications - Public Health Scotland.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 July 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 26 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-02453 by Maree Todd on 21 September 2021, whether it will provide an update on how many pregnancy screenings have taken place in each month since the start of 2019.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold national data for infectious diseases screening, antenatal haemoglobinopathies screening, or foetal anomaly ultrasound examinations within the pregnancy screening programme. These can be requested directly from individual NHS boards.
Further to the answer to question S6W-02453 which provided information on the number of trisomy screens taken between January 2019 and June 2021. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers The following table provides information on the number of trisomy screens taken each month in the period which followed from July 2021 to June 2022:
Trisomy Screening |
Years and months | Total trisomy screens |
2021 | |
July | 3094 |
August | 3273 |
September | 3136 |
October | 2991 |
November | 3258 |
December | 3270 |
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2022 | |
January | 3226 |
February | 3197 |
March | 3673 |
April | 3147 |
May | 3291 |
June | 3119 |
However, it is important to note that the Scottish Government does not routinely publish this information as it is only held as management data and is not subject to the standard quality control checks required for official publication. During the acute phase of COVID-19 management, the data was provided in light of the increased interest in screening performance.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 July 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 26 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-02448 by Maree Todd on 21 September 2021, whether it will provide an update on how many newborn screenings have taken place in each month since the start of 2019.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold information on the newborn hearing test and newborn infant physical examination. These would need to be requested from health boards directly.
Further to the answer to question S6W-02448 which provided information on the number of babies screened using the bloodspot test in the newborn screening programme for each month between January 2019 and July 2021. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers . The following table provides information on the number of babies screened using the bloodspot test in the newborn screening programme, for each month in the period that followed from August 2021 to June 2022:
Year and Month | Number of babies screened |
2021 | |
August | 4583 |
September | 4779 |
October | 4264 |
November | 4647 |
December | 4229 |
2022 | |
January | 3962 |
February | 3721 |
March | 4422 |
April | 3993 |
May | 4265 |
June | 4319 |
However, it is important to note that the Scottish Government does not routinely publish this information as it is only held as management information and is not subject to the standard quality control checks required for official publication. During the acute phase of COVID-19 management, the information was provided in light of the increased interest in screening performance.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 July 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 25 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-02344 by Humza Yousaf on 30 September 2021, whether it will provide an update on how many calls to the Scottish Ambulance Service have been responded to (a) within (i) under 10, (ii) 10 to 29, (iii) 30 to 59 and (iv) 60 to 120 and (b) after over 120 minutes in each calendar year since 2007, also broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
The information that has been requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government.
Official statistical reports relating to the Scottish Ambulance Service can be found on the following link. Public Health Scotland .
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 July 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 25 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-03190 by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021, whether it will provide an update on how many additional GPs (a) have subsequently been recruited each year and (b) it expects to recruit in each of the next six years.
Answer
We remain committed to increasing the number of GPs working in Scotland by at least 800 by 2027. We have taken a number of actions, including launching our GP recruitment marketing campaign last month, increasing the number of medical places at universities, and taking steps to encourage medical graduates to choose general practice. To that end, between 2015-16 and 2021-22 the Scottish Government will have increased the annual intake of medical places in Scottish universities from 848 to 1117 (269 places, a 32% increase). The majority of these new places are focused on general practice.
By increasing the amount of undergraduate curriculum that is delivered in general practice to 25%. We are confident increased exposure to general practice will encourage more students to train as GPs. With an increase of 89 GPs in 2019-20 we are now confident we are starting to see the positive impact of these actions.
Number of GPs working in Scotland since 2017
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
All GPs | 4,918 | 4,987 | 5,044 | 5,121 | 5195 |
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 July 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 20 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00243 by Kevin Stewart on 4 June 2021, whether it will provide an update on how many suicides have been recorded in each year since 2007.
Answer
The total number of deaths by suicide recorded by National Records of Scotland (NRS) from 2007 to 2020 are detailed in the following table. Finalised statistics for deaths by suicide in 2021 are not yet available. NRS plan to publish these on 2 August 2022.
Year of registration | Suicides registered in Scotland (old coding rules) | Suicides registered in Scotland (new coding rules) |
2007 | 838 | - |
2008 | 843 | - |
2009 | 746 | - |
2010 | 781 | - |
2011 | 772 | 889 |
2012 | 762 | 830 |
2013 | 746 | 795 |
2014 | 659 | 696 |
2015 | 656 | 672 |
2016 | 697 | 728 |
2017 | 664 | 680 |
2018 | 753 | 784 |
2019 | 819 | 833 |
2020 | 802 | 805 |
For completeness, these statistics show suicide deaths registered under old and new coding rules. NRS changed their coding rules in 2011 for certain causes of death to take account of changes made by the World Health Organisation. Some deaths previously coded under 'mental and behavioural disorders' are now classed as 'self-poisoning of undetermined intent' and consequently are classified as suicide deaths.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 July 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 19 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00750 by Shona Robison on 29 June 2021, whether it will provide an update on how many empty (a) private and (b) public sector residential properties there have been in each local authority area in the South Scotland parliamentary region, in each year since 2007.
Answer
The information requested can be found here: Housing statistics: Empty properties and second homes - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) . Please note the figures provided for each local authority area do not differentiate between the different types of empty property.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 July 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 19 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with East Lothian Council regarding the redevelopment of the former Cockenzie Power Station site.
Answer
Officials have discussed the site with East Lothian Council in relation to the development of the Draft National Planning Framework 4. The site was last discussed with East Lothian Council in July 2021.