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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: S7W-00233

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 5 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government which NHS boards have a dedicated pathway for people with Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and hypermobility spectrum disorders.

There is currently no fully established national clinical pathway for Ehlers–Danlos syndromes (EDS) or hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD) specifically commissioned by NHS Scotland.

Clinical pathways, including any dedicated pathways for EDS or HSD, can be developed by individual NHS boards under established clinical governance arrangements, informed by clinical evidence, service needs and local population need.

Where proposals are put forward for pathway development, these are considered through established, clinically led processes by NHS and relevant national delivery partners.

Question reference: S7O-00036

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 June 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the 2026 SNP manifesto commitment of £10 billion in capital spending on health, including community health and care hubs, when it will allocate funding to build a new Dumbarton Health Centre.

Question reference: S7W-00238

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2026
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 1 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in regards to the Scottish National Party commitment to introduce heart and lung health "MOTs", what are the expected total (a) set-up costs and (b) running costs.

Question reference: S7W-00239

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2026
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 1 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the Scottish National Party commitment to introduce heart and lung health "MOTs", whether the funding for 2026-27 will be reprofiled from existing health and social care budgets.

Question reference: S7W-00237

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2026
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 1 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the Scottish National Party commitment to introduce heart and lung health "MOTs", (a) (i) when and (ii) where the first health checks will be delivered and (b) how many people will have received checks by the end of 2026.

Question reference: S6W-44361

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 25 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-43799 by Dorothy Bain on 11 March 2026, and in light of the answer only including selected examples, whether it will provide all the information requested regarding whether the Lord Advocate has ever contacted any minister or special adviser about any criminal case, aside from the case against Peter Murrell, and, if so, on what occasions, and who was contacted, and for what reason it did not provide this information in its answer.

Question reference: S6W-44360

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 25 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-43847 by Dorothy Bain on 11 March 2026, whether it will provide the information requested regarding how many times the Lord Advocate has advised ministers of an indictment in criminal cases, and in which cases, and for what reason it did not provide this information in its answer.

Question reference: S6W-44374

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 23 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Minister for Public Health and Women's Health held a ministerial cross party group meeting following the publication of the report, How Safe Are Our Scottish Hospitals, and, if so, when any such meeting took place, and what issues were discussed.

Following the publication of “How safe are our hospitals?” I convened a meeting with the relevant cross party group on 21 May. The Member who submitted this question was invited to attend and sent apologies, with Carol Mochan MSP attending in her place.

The meeting provided an opportunity for members to discuss the report’s findings in detail and what more could be done to address sexual violence in hospitals.

Officials and the Minister outlined the ongoing work to improve safety and transparency across our healthcare system, and agreed to remind Health Boards of their legal duties as an employer.

Officials continue to engage on this issue with Justice colleagues, Police Scotland, Health Board HR representatives, professional bodies and experts in Violence Against Women and Girls

Question reference: S6W-44373

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 20 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether there is a consistent nationwide approach to data collection on violence against women and girls in the NHS.

Healthcare Improvement Scotland are working with all NHS boards and partner organisations to standardise the reporting of adverse events, and developed a national framework published in February 2025.

We expect all Health Boards to uphold their legal duties as employers in keeping staff, patients and visitors safe. Health Boards are expected to record all incidences of assaults using their local reporting systems and escalate to Police Scotland, where appropriate.

Question reference: S6W-44372

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 20 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many sexual assaults have taken place in hospitals in each year since 2024-25, broken down by NHS board.

The Scottish Government does not hold this information centrally, as the data provided by Police Scotland for the production of recorded crime statistics consists solely of aggregate counts of the number and categories of crimes and offences recorded. We do not receive further detail that would allow us to identify whether any of these crimes, including offences of sexual assault, occurred within hospital settings.

Both Police Scotland and NHS Boards operate robust and well established recording systems, and they continue to gather and manage detailed operational information for their respective purposes. However, this level of detail is not supplied to the Scottish Government. The data we receive from Police Scotland does not specify whether a crime took place in a hospital, nor does it identify the NHS Board area in which crimes were recorded, although it does include the relevant local authority and police division.