Chamber and committees

This year's Budget included £36 million for the walk-in pilot programme.

All 14 NHS Boards in Scotland have confirmed that patients experiencing miscarriage at any stage of pregnancy are seen in a separate private space appropriate for bereavement.

We will engage constructively with all relevant stakeholders to support considered and informed discussion on this policy, and to ensure effective implementation that delivers on our core aim of making the weekly shop more affordable.

I refer the member to the answer to question S7W-00454 on 8 June 2026. 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.

Save a Life for Scotland is responsible for delivering Cardiac Arrest Rescue Zones (CARe Zones), which operate at a local authority level.

Following a successful pilot in Dumfries and Galloway, the Scottish Government has funded Save a Life for Scotland to establish additional CARe Zones over the next three years. Delivery will prioritise local authority areas with the greatest need as part of a phased national rollout.

The first new CARe Zones are expected to be operating by 2027-28.

Seven provisions of the Act are now in force. Implementation planning continues on the remaining 16 sections, working closely with key partners such as Social Security Scotland and the Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service to ensure the necessary technical and operational arrangements are in place to deliver the efficiencies and improved services to clients that will be achieved under the provisions. A consultation period will close on 10 June for section 18 (Information for Audit), which allows Ministers to request information to estimate the levels and the monetary value of fraud and error in the system, with regulations to follow shortly thereafter.

I refer the member to the answer to question S7W-00490 on 8 June 2026. 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 Scottish Government will engage constructively with relevant stakeholders to ensure considered and thoughtful discussion on this policy. Further detail will be developed in consultation with these stakeholders to deliver effective implementation and achieve policy aims.

The Scottish Government wants all patients, regardless of location to receive the right care, at the right time, in the right place. The Centre for Sustainable Delivery supports clinical improvements across Scotland, including for cataracts and orthopaedics through Specialty Delivery Groups.

The NTCs are currently delivering one cataract every 30 minutes as endorsed by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. This is patient centred, particularly where patients are travelling longer distances for treatment.

Out of area transport is covered by Health Boards’ own standard travel policies.

NHS Grampian & NHS Tayside have a joint intention to develop high volume, single procedure lists at Stracathro, however these are not in place currently.

Queen Margaret Hospital has a strong, well-established reputation, both nationally & internationally, for their Ophthalmology & Urology services. The responsibility for the Queen Margaret Hospital is with NHS Fife, who continue to look at opportunities to further enhance their current services.

The Stracathro Regional Treatment Centre & the Queen Margaret Hospital provide crucial cold site (ie protected) elective capacity, and we are committed to working with Boards to continue to maximise the efficiency and use of the sites.

The Scottish Government does not hold this information centrally as NHS Boards are responsible for recording this.