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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)
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Question reference: S6W-14682

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, as part of the implementation of the mental health transition and recovery plan, what action it is taking to promote the needs of people who have been bereaved by sudden cardiac death.

Question reference: S6W-14683

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the development of psychological liaison roles to support people with long-term conditions, including heart disease.

Question reference: S6W-14677

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure appropriate self-management resources are available to people with cardiac disease.

Question reference: S6W-14687

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to develop a sustainable training and education pathway for cardiac physiology.

There have been two pieces of work carried out in relation to training and education for the wider Healthcare Science professional group of which cardiac physiology is one specialty. The baseline exercise Healthcare science - education and training provision: baseline review - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) has provided an overview of the education and training landscape for Healthcare Science.

The outcomes of this work has informed the context of the scoping review committed to within the National Workforce strategy 2022. Recommendations have been made as to the next steps and once confirmed these will be shared with the wider stakeholder groups.

Question reference: S6W-14602

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 February 2023
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 3 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many homes in the South Scotland region have been built through the Rural Housing Fund in each year since 2016-17, broken down by local authority area.

The following table provides a breakdown of the number of homes in the South Scotland region delivered through the demand-led Rural and Islands Housing Fund in each year since 2016-17, broken down by local authority area.

The homes provided through the Affordable Housing Supply Programme comprise homes for social rent, for mid-market rent and for low cost home ownership. These homes take various forms including; new build homes, rehabilitation projects, conversions and off-the-shelf purchases of both new and second hand homes.

Local Authority	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23*	Total
Dumfries and Galloway					5	4	7	16
East Ayrshire								0
East Lothian								0
Midlothian								0
Scottish Borders				8		1	6	15
South Ayrshire								0
South Lanarkshire					1			1
Total	0	0	0	8	6	5	13	32

* 2022-23 figures are based on provisional programme management information to end January 2023 and could be subject to change.

Question reference: S6W-14601

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 February 2023
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 3 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on the Rural Housing Fund in the South Scotland region in each year since its introduction, broken down by local authority area.

The following table provides a breakdown of the spend on the demand-led Rural and Islands Housing Fund in the South Scotland Region each year since its introduction in 2016-17, broken down by local authority area. The Rural and Island Housing Fund plays an important role in offering support to community organisations and others while complementing the significant delivery through our mainstream programme by Councils and Registered Social Landlords in rural and island areas .

Local Authority	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23*	Total (£m)
Dumfries and Galloway				0.416	0.409	0.196	0.197	1.218
East Ayrshire								0.000
East Lothian								0.000
Midlothian								0.000
Scottish Borders			0.208	0.079		0.647	0.090	1.024
South Ayrshire								0.000
South Lanarkshire				0.060				0.060
Total (£m)	0.000	0.000	0.208	0.555	0.409	0.843	0.287	2.302

* 2022-23 spend is based on provisional programme management information to end January 2023 and could be subject to change.

Question reference: S6W-14699

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13965 by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2023, whether it will release the information that it holds on this matter.

Question reference: S6W-14659

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 February 2023
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many complaints of patients’ property being (a) stolen and (b) lost have been received in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-14419

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 28 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of in-hospital patients, who have an episode of hypoglycaemia, have a timely resolution of this.

Question reference: S6W-14700

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13966 by Humza Yousaf on 30 January 2023, how much it has spent each year on advertising the service.

Spend for traditional marketing of the Near Me video consulting service was predominantly undertaken through local Health Boards responsible for ensuring the service is appropriately advertised. Wider communication and promotion of the service has been taken forward through programme costs as part of a collaborative approach to implementation.

However, the Scottish Government have invested in communications for Near Me including online resources, online content and website development, though again this was all managed by core programme staff costs and cross-sector collaboration. The programme utilised existing mechanisms such as tv interviews, press releases and First Minister daily briefings.

The Near Me website ( https://www.nearme.scot/ ) was developed in-house and is hosted by NHS National Services Scotland. £10,000 was spent to develop and update Near Me’s animated videos. These help promote the service and are used as a training resource for both staff and callers. Further spend of £700 was used for the translation of key support and guidance for the public into different languages. Cost was minimised as the work was undertaken in collaboration with the NHS in Wales. The development of an equalities impact assessment (eqia) and public engagement exercise which reached in excess of 5,000 people and 500 organisations were undertaken through core staff costs.

The programme has been working alongside key staff such as receptionists to support increased promotion of Near Me as a choice in how people can access an appointment.