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Question reference: S6W-43505

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 02 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what the process is for Healthcare Infection Incident Assessment reports, and under what circumstances ministers are notified of these.

The process for Healthcare Infection Incident Assessment reports is detailed in Appendix 14 of the National Infection Prevention and Control Manual (NIPCM).

The Infection Prevention and Control Team (IPCT) or Health Protection Team (HPT) for community incidents, will assess the impact of a healthcare associated infection (HCAI) incident/outbreak using the Healthcare Associated Infection Incident Assessment Tool (HIIAT). The HIIAT has 2 main functions, to assess the impact of infection and supporting a single channel of communication and reporting. This communication is both internally within an NHS Board and externally to Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infection (ARHAI) Scotland as well as the Scottish Government.

The impact assessment is based on 4 categories; severity of illness, impact on service(s), risk of transmission and public anxiety. For each category, the IPCT or HPT will score the incident either minor, moderate or major. Based on this, each incident will be given an overall impact calculation of either green, amber or red. An individual member of the IPCT or HPT will usually undertake the initial risk assessment as part of a problem assessment group (PAG).

The current process for HIIAT reports ensures that ARHAI Scotland routinely notify Scottish Government officials of incidents assessed as amber or red, whilst green incidents may be shared if there is a particular need, for example because of a prior interest or a rare pathogen.

Officials and a professional IPC nursing advisor review each incident to determine whether these should be brought to the attention of Ministers. A range of factors are considered when this assessment is being made including: the nature and sensitivity of the incident, the type of pathogen, the extent of how patients, their families/ visitors, healthcare staff and/ or services are affected, any risk of further transmission and other contextual factors we may be aware of in the particular Health Board.

Question reference: S6W-43500

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 02 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many MRI scanners each NHS board has.

Question reference: S6W-43495

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 02 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 10 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to its Endoscopy and Urology Diagnostic Recovery and Renewal Plan, how many urology diagnostic hubs each NHS board has, broken down by (a) set-up cost, (b) annual operating cost and (c) how many appointments each has delivered each year.

The following table details the number of urology hubs and one-stop urology clinics located through NHS Scotland.

NHS Board	Service
NHS Ayrshire & Arran	Urology Hub in the Ballochmyle Suite at University Hospital Ayr. One-stop diagnostic clinics are conducted from this suite.
NHS Fife	In Fife there are two Urology Hubs: the Urology Diagnostic and Treatment Centre (UDTC) in Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline, and the UDTC in the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy. One-stop clinics are well established in the UDTC in Victoria Hospital, offering services 5 days per week.
NHS Forth Valley	The Urology Hub at Forth Valley Royal Hospital operates predominately as a one-stop service.
NHS Grampian	There is one Urology Hub located in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary (ARI) and one Urology Hub currently in development which will be one stop.
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde	NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde has two urology hubs located at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Royal Alexandra Hospital. A third one-stop Hub is currently in development and expected to trial from March 2026 based at Vale of Leven.
NHS Highland	Urology Hub based in Raigmore Hospital that provides a Highland wide service with a one stop service for prostate and bladder.
NHS Lanarkshire	In Lanarkshire, the main Urology Hub is in University Hospital Monklands (UHM) which provides pathway specific one-stop clinics. Further opportunities to expand the one-stop model are being explored.
NHS Lothian	The Western General Hospital Urology Hub (WGH) supports all diagnostic pathways for benign and cancer patients, as well as a recently established a one-stop Male LUTS(Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms)/BPH(Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia) clinic and one stop visible haematuria clinics which have been in place for almost 2 years. In East Lothian Community Hospital, there is also a one stop service to deliver minimally invasive BPH treatments. With recent recruitment of additional specialist nurses to support the benign urology service and prostate cancer diagnostics, the service is seeking to develop additional one-stop clinics including exploring a more rapid diagnostic pathway for Urgent Suspicion of Cancer (USoC) prostate patients.
NHS Tayside	Urology treatment centre (UTC) established at Perth Royal Infirmary (PRI). One-stop clinics are undertaken in UTC three days a week.

Information about (a) set-up cost, (b) annual operating cost and (c) how many appointments each has delivered each year is not held centrally for the above noted urology hubs and one-stop clinics. The member may wish to contact NHS boards directly for more information.

Question reference: S6W-43499

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 02 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 10 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many CT scanners each NHS board has.

The Scottish Government does not routinely collect this information.

However, in the following table is the information that we do hold from 2024:

Health Board	CT Scanners
NHS Ayrshire & Arran	4
NHS Borders	1
NHS Dumfries & Galloway	2
NHS Fife	3
NHS Forth Valley	2
NHS Grampian	5
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde	21
NHS Highland	7
NHS Lanarkshire	7
NHS Lothian	8
NHS Orkney	1
NHS Shetland	1
NHS Tayside	8
NHS Western Isles	1
NHS National Services Scotland	1
NHS Golden Jubilee	2
Total	74

Question reference: S6W-43498

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 02 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 10 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been allocated in (a) 2025-26 and (b) the draft Scottish Budget 2026-27 for replacing radiotherapy equipment.

Question reference: S6W-43496

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 02 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 10 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to its Endoscopy and Urology Diagnostic Recovery and Renewal Plan, how many one-stop clinics each NHS board has, broken down by (a) set-up cost, (b) annual operating cost and (c) how many appointments each has delivered, each year

The following table details the number of urology hubs and one-stop urology clinics located through NHS Scotland.

NHS Board	Service
NHS Ayrshire & Arran	Urology Hub in the Ballochmyle Suite at University Hospital Ayr. One-stop diagnostic clinics are conducted from this suite.
NHS Fife	In Fife there are two Urology Hubs: the Urology Diagnostic and Treatment Centre (UDTC) in Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline, and the UDTC in the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy. One-stop clinics are well established in the UDTC in Victoria Hospital, offering services 5 days per week.
NHS Forth Valley	The Urology Hub at Forth Valley Royal Hospital operates predominately as a one-stop service.
NHS Grampian	There is one Urology Hub located in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary (ARI) and one Urology Hub currently in development which will be one stop.
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde	NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde has two urology hubs located at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Royal Alexandra Hospital. A third one-stop Hub is currently in development and expected to trial from March 2026 based at Vale of Leven.
NHS Highland	Urology Hub based in Raigmore Hospital that provides a Highland wide service with a one stop service for prostate and bladder.
NHS Lanarkshire	In Lanarkshire, the main Urology Hub is in University Hospital Monklands (UHM) which provides pathway specific one-stop clinics. Further opportunities to expand the one-stop model are being explored.
NHS Lothian	The Western General Hospital Urology Hub (WGH) supports all diagnostic pathways for benign and cancer patients, as well as a recently established a one-stop Male LUTS(Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms)/BPH(Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia) clinic and one stop visible haematuria clinics which have been in place for almost 2 years. In East Lothian Community Hospital, there is also a one stop service to deliver minimally invasive BPH treatments. With recent recruitment of additional specialist nurses to support the benign urology service and prostate cancer diagnostics, the service is seeking to develop additional one-stop clinics including exploring a more rapid diagnostic pathway for Urgent Suspicion of Cancer (USoC) prostate patients.
NHS Tayside	Urology treatment centre (UTC) established at Perth Royal Infirmary (PRI). One-stop clinics are undertaken in UTC three days a week.

Information about (a) set-up cost, (b) annual operating cost and (c) how many appointments each has delivered each year is not held centrally for the above noted urology hubs and one-stop clinics. The member may wish to contact NHS boards directly for more information.

Question reference: S6W-43497

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 02 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 10 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the £45 million rolling programme of ring-fenced capital funding for replacing radiotherapy equipment, which was set out in the National Radiotherapy Plan, how much has been allocated each year, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-43515

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 02 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 10 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government when data on cancer mortality by deprivation levels will be published.

Public Health Scotland (PHS) published the annual update to cancer mortality statistics in Scotland on 27 January 2026. Cancer mortality deprivation data has not been published due to the lack of available census data. Once the population data required for this analysis is available, PHS will pre-announce the publication.

The contents and timings of statistical publications are at the discretion of PHS who are independent of the Scottish Government.

Question reference: S6T-02884

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 09 February 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that a former Chief Nursing Officer offered the parents of Sophia Smith £20,000 and a holiday following her death in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in 2017.

Question reference: S6W-43206

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 5 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its draft Budget 2026-27, what its response is to the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities' (COSLA) assessment that, despite calling for an additional £750 million for social care, there is no additional funding for social care after pay uplifts.

The Scottish Government are fully aware that the budgetary pressures on the Health and Social Care system in 2026-27 have never been greater. After the disappointing UK Government Spending Review in June, we called on the UK Chancellor to increase funding, but they failed to deliver anything like the scale of change required.

Nevertheless, the draft Budget 2026-27 will provide almost £22.5 billion investment in health and social care services exceeding consequentials and providing a real terms uplift to enable more sustainable and resilient services. This includes investment of over £2.3 billion for social care, delivering our commitment to increase funding by 25%, and exceeding this by over £0.5 billion.

The Scottish Budget also provides a real terms increase to the Local Government Settlement, bringing it to almost £15.7 billion and while I recognise COSLA’s view that further funding is needed, there has never been greater pressures on public finances and simply increasing resource without wider reform risks leaving us in the same unsustainable position next year.

	2022.23	2023.24	2024.25	Total
Health Board	£	£	£	£
NHS Grampian	-	4,260,000	3,156,000	7,416,000
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde	6,815,000	987,000	6,917,000	14,719,000
NHS Highland	32,000	880,000	748,000	1,660,000
NHS Lothian	2,590,000	3,620,000	4,076,000	10,286,000
NHS Tayside	-	153,974	3,930,000	4,083,974
Total	9,437,000	9,900,974	18,827,000	38,164,974

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