Skip to main content
Loading…

Chamber and committees

Question reference: S6W-43699

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: 12 February 2026
  • Current status: Answered by Neil Gray on 19 February 2026

Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many appointments per week on average were delivered using the NHS service, Near Me, in each financial year from 2021-22 to 2025-26.


Answer

The appointments per week on average delivered using the Near Me service in each financial year are detailed in the following table. There are no data for group calls prior to January 2022, and data for period 2025-2026 have been collected until the end of January 2026.

Period

One-to-one calls per week (average)

Group calls per week (average)

2021-2022

12810.8

67.3

2022-2023

8402.3

515.2

2023-2024

6787.3

857.8

2024-2025

6095.5

1054.6

2025-2026

5812.5

1058.9