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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-21445

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 18 September 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 2 October 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its commitment to develop and publish a new national strategy for palliative and end of life care.

The Scottish Government remains committed to developing and delivering a new Palliative and End of Life Care Strategy. We have established a Strategy Steering Group to oversee the development and delivery which has now met six times. We have also established a number of working groups to gather evidence to inform the strategy and progress areas in parallel with the development of the wider strategy.

Question reference: S6W-21464

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when it anticipates that the physical survey of the NHS estate for reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete will be complete, and when the results will be published.

Question reference: S6W-21463

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to expedite the physical survey of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete within the NHS.

Health Boards are responsible for managing the NHS estate and the issues with RAAC were communicated to them by Health Facilities Scotland at least as early as November 2019. A national survey programme was established to provide additional assurance that all instances of RAAC in the NHS estate are known, that the condition of the RAAC has been properly assessed and that appropriate management plans are in place. The Scottish Government will support Health Boards through this process.

Question reference: S6W-21496

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether access to PPE is readily available for health and social care staff.

Question reference: S6W-21492

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much COVID-19 funding it allocated for the financial year 2023-24, and how much has been spent to date.

The 2023-24 Scottish budget provides over £250 million funding to NHS Boards to support Covid-19 and other services. This funding is used to support the Covid-19 vaccination programme, testing, personal protection equipment and public health measures.

Within monthly financial returns issued to Scottish Government from NHS Boards on their Covid-19 expenditure with over £45 million of reported expenditure as at month 4. Please note, this total is based on the most recent figures reported by NHS Boards.

Question reference: S6W-21491

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 25 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many meetings it has had with officials from the other governments of the UK since 1 September 2023 in relation to the latest COVID-19 variants, and what issues were discussed.

Question reference: S6W-21301

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will receive any Barnett consequential funding as a result of the UK Government's NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, and, if so, whether this will be used to support additional training for medical and nursing staff in Scotland.

Question reference: S6O-02574

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 September 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will carry out a STAG appraisal of the proposed improvements to the A82 between Tarbet and Inverarnan.

Question reference: S6W-21017

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 September 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve awareness of ovarian cancer symptoms during Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month in September 2023.

We continue to work with the Scottish Cancer Coalition to mark cancer awareness months, as well as using Detect Cancer Earlier channels to help promote key messages and share case studies which often prompt others to take action.

A new Earlier Cancer Diagnosis Vision was developed as part of the new ‘Cancer Strategy for Scotland’ (published June 2023). The vision is to reduce later stage disease by 18 percentage points in 10 years’ time, a focus on reducing the health inequalities gap, particularly those from areas of deprivation will remain.

Question reference: S6W-21018

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 September 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what steps are being taking to improve early diagnosis of ovarian cancer.

A new Earlier Cancer Diagnosis Vision was developed as part of the new ‘Cancer Strategy for Scotland’ (published June 2023). The vision is to reduce later stage disease by 18 percentage points in 10 years’ time with a focus on reducing the health inequality gap.

As reflected in the Strategy’s accompanying 3 year action plan, following an extensive review of available evidence with key partners, lung, head and neck and colorectal cancers have been identified as initial national priority areas. However, a number of actions will be delivered and have a halo affect across multiple cancer types including delivering Detect Cancer Earlier (DCE) campaigns and procuring a new primary care cancer education platform for NHS Scotland.