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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: S6W-27022

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 9 May 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of the first set of quarterly data from the National Audit of Metastatic Breast Cancer for England and Wales, whether improved data collected on metastatic breast cancer will be published in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-27020

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 9 May 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what steps have been taken to deliver action 131 of the Cancer Action Plan for Scotland 2023 to 2026 to improve data collection on metastatic breast cancer.

Question reference: S6W-26997

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 9 May 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how the National Gender Identity Healthcare Reference Group will work together with any new working group considering the recommendations of the Cass Review.

Question reference: S6W-26999

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 9 May 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the Cass Review is a valid scientific document.

Question reference: S6W-26750

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 April 2024
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 24 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to protect NHS patient data from cyber attacks.

The safety and security of people’s data, and the running of NHS services is of the upmost importance. I have provided detail on the action being taken to protect NHS patient data in the answers to questions S6W-26702 on 23 April 2024, S6T-01869 on 19 March 2024, S6W-26442 on 17 May 2024 and S6W-26223 on 27 March 2024.

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 .

All answers to Topical 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/official-report/search-what-was-said-in-parliament .

Question reference: S6W-26758

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 April 2024
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 23 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Independent Review of Audiology Services in Scotland, whether it will provide an update on the establishment of the National Implementation Group; whether the group has held any meetings, and what the membership of the group is.

Question reference: S6W-26701

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 05 April 2024
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 23 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS boards currently use versions of Microsoft operating systems for which support and security updates have ended.

Question reference: S6W-26702

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 05 April 2024
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 23 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what tests of IT systems regarding their vulnerability to cyber attacks are undertaken (a) by individual NHS boards and (b) on an NHS Scotland-wide basis.

The Network and Information System Regulations set out standards which NHS Scotland Health Boards must comply with. Boards must test themselves against these standards which cover managing security risk, defending systems against cyber-attack, detecting cyber security events, and minimising the impact of cyber security incidents. This is in addition to mandatory information security and data protection risk/impact assessments and routine penetration testing on all major IT systems.

The NHS Scotland Cyber Centre of Excellence (CCoE), works nationally across health boards to prioritise the security capabilities of existing technologies and deployment of new tooling. This allows real time discovery of vulnerabilities and potential issues across a national view.

Question reference: S6W-26751

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 April 2024
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 23 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will detail the cyber attacks that have taken place in the NHS in Scotland in the last ten years.

Question reference: S6W-26703

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 05 April 2024
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 23 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has consulted the Scottish Information Commissioner regarding cyber protection for NHS Scotland, and, if so, when.