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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-01114

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 June 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 July 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has plans to increase the number of caseworkers employed to work on the Redress Scheme, and, if so, how many additional staff will be employed and by what date.

Question reference: S7W-01117

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 June 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 July 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many applicants have died whilst waiting for their application to the Redress Scheme to be processed.

Question reference: S7W-01116

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 June 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 July 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what the longest waiting time has been for an application to the Redress Scheme.

Question reference: S7W-01118

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 June 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 July 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many applications to the Redress Scheme have been completed and awards made in each year since the inception of the scheme.

Question reference: S7W-01115

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 June 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 July 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports of a backlog of applications to the Redress Scheme (a) how many applications are currently waiting to be assigned to a caseworker, (b) what this figure is as a percentage of the overall number of applications, and (c) how long it anticipates it will take to process those applications.

Question reference: S7W-01113

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 June 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 July 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many caseworkers are employed to work on the Redress Scheme.

Question reference: S7W-01122

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 June 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 July 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many panel members decide awards for the Redress Scheme, and what its position is on whether this is a sufficient number to deal with the reported backlog of cases.

Question reference: S7W-00809

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 June 2026
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 17 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when all patients will be able to use the MyCare.scot app to order repeat prescriptions and book GP appointments.

MyCare.scot was rolled out nationally across Scotland from April 2026 and will continue to develop incrementally through the Scottish Government’s Digital Front Door (DFD) programme. Future functionality will depend on wider national digital programmes, including the Digital Prescribing and Dispensing Pathways (DPDP) Programme and GP IT reprovisioning.

The DPDP Programme will replace paper prescriptions with a secure ,end-to-end digital prescribing and dispensing system. The current DPDP trajectory is for delivery by mid-2028 of the end-to-end process for prescribing and dispensing, with patient-facing benefits via MyCare.scot, including prescription ordering, following in 2029.

GP appointment booking functionality will be introduced progressively as development and integration work with GP systems is completed across NHS Scotland. Current planning assumptions are that core integration work could be completed during 2027, enabling phased rollout of digital booking functionality through MyCare.scot across NHS Boards thereafter.

Question reference: S7W-00810

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 June 2026
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 17 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the Scottish National Party 2026 manifesto commitment, when the National Booking System for the NHS will be launched.

The Scottish Government’s strategic approach is to deliver digital appointment functionality through MyCare.scot as part of the wider Digital Front Door programme. Building on existing common national digital capabilities and infrastructure, this will support a more consistent, scalable and interoperable appointments experience across health and social care services in Scotland.

MyCare.scot was initially rolled out with dermatology outpatients in Lanarkshire, enabling registered patients in that cohort to view their outpatient appointments online. The technology is now being expanded incrementally to support additional services across Scotland, starting with services supported by Trak Care.

Appointment viewing, management and booking functionality will be introduced progressively in partnership with NHS Boards, covering both primary and secondary care appointment types as development and integration work is completed. Rollout is expected to begin across NHS Boards by the end of 2026, with continued expansion aligned to the Digital Front Door roadmap.

Question reference: S7W-00819

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 June 2026
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 16 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government when a national lung screening programme will be fully rolled out across Scotland.