Chamber and committees

MyCare.scot was rolled out nationally across Scotland from April 2026. It is accessible via a web browser. A downloadable mobile app will also be available through app stores from early summer.

I refer the member to the answer to question S7O-00002 taken in chamber on 2 June 2026, which is 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.

Through targeted investment and service renewal, we will ensure no patient waits longer than 26 weeks for treatment by the end of this parliamentary term.

This follows a substantive and sustained period of improvement over the last year which saw waits over 52 weeks for New Outpatient decrease for 11 consecutive months and for Inpatient / Day-case by 15 months. We’re also seeing real progress in diagnostics, with activity in the latest quarter at its highest since reporting began in April 2024.

This progress was backed by more than £150 million additional funding in 2025-26, allocated to health boards to target the longest waits for planned care, and deliver on our Operational Improvement Plan commitment to provide an additional 150,000 appointments and procedures. The latest data show this target was surpassed with more than 168,000 additional appointments and procedures delivered.

We have already invested an additional £100 million this year to build on the progress made in the 2025-26 Operational Improvement Plan. We will build on this by creating additional capacity and deliver further reductions in waiting times, with a particular focus on those waiting the longest.

I refer the member to the answer to question S7W-00484 on 8 June 2026. 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.

The Scottish Government is aware of the current position regarding the National Treatment Centre at Forth Valley.

Falkirk Council, in its role as the local building standards authority, must complete its independent assessment and approval processes – these processes must be carried out thoroughly to ensure all required standards are met before the Centre opens.

Hospices play an invaluable role supporting patients and families at the most difficult time in their lives and we remain committed to supporting them.

We are scoping options for heart and lung MOTs in community locations. This is about ensuring that we can identify those most at risk of lung and heart disease earlier, and provide the support that people need as a result.

Further information on heart and lung MOTs and community diagnostic one stop shops, including locations and costs, will be set out in due course.

This is a matter for each territorial NHS board. The information requested is not held centrally.

The Scottish Government is committed to improving the experience of those living with long term conditions in Scotland. That is why we have committed to continue working with people with lived experience, the third sector and clinicians to develop our way forward for long term conditions.

This will build on the work undertaken by the Long Term Conditions Advisory Groups established under the previous government. We are now carefully considering the recommendations shared by various Advisory Groups, made up of key stakeholders from NHS Scotland and the third sector, to inform the best way forward. Our Programme for Government for 2026-27 will be put to the Parliament in due course.

I refer the member to the answer to question S7W-00484 on 8 June 2026. 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.