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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: S6F-01850

Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 27 February 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 March 2023

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6W-14591

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 February 2023
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the forecast capacity requirements for elective treatment in NHS Lanarkshire are for the next 10 years, broken down by procedure, and how these requirements will be met in each case.

This information is not held centrally by the Scottish government or PHS.

Operational planning and decision making with regards to capacity is the responsibility of individual NHS Boards.

The Scottish Government is working closely with Boards to maximise capacity and efficiency for planned care. NHSScotland’s Centre for Sustainable Delivery (CfSD), launched in 2021, plays a central role in working with health boards to ensure that they are able to continually identify new ways to increase capacity, and to respond to demand through service innovation and redesign. As well as creating additional capacity, the aim is to develop new pathways of care that are more efficient, enhance delivery of services in community settings, and reduce the variation and waiting times for planned care by adopting minimum standards to deliver higher volume activity.

Question reference: S6W-14540

Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the total cost will be of the two vessels that CMAL has ordered from the Cemre Marin Endustri yard to serve on the Uig to Lochmaddy and Uig to Tarbert ferry routes.

Question reference: S6W-14534

Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether the two vessels which CMAL has ordered from the Cemre Marin Endustri yard to serve on the Uig to Lochmaddy and Uig to Tarbert ferry routes could have operated from ferry terminals at (a) Uig, (b) Lochmaddy and (c) Tarbert without the reconstruction and dredging operations being carried out at each terminal to allow their use by Hull 802.

Question reference: S6W-14539

Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when it last received an update from CMAL on the progress of the two ferries that it has ordered from the Cemre Marin Endustri yard to serve on the Uig to Lochmaddy and Uig to Tarbert ferry routes.

Question reference: S6W-14551

Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS 111 staff are trained to identify pressures of financial strain in callers and signpost to money advice services if appropriate.

Many of the calls received at the Mental Health Hub, via the NHS 24 111 line, are driven by a range of complex and interrelated social factors, including financial worries.

Callers to the Hub are connected to a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP), a specially trained advisor who can offer advice and support on coping with a range of mental health symptoms.

PWPs are able to signpost callers to sources of support and advice for financial worries, such as the Citizens Advice Bureau, when appropriate to do so.

Question reference: S6W-14593

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many people, who were awaiting elective surgery in NHS Lanarkshire, had their procedure cancelled in each month since May 2021, broken down by procedure.

Public Health Scotland publishes monthly statistics relating to the number of cancelled planned operations at health board level, a summary of which is available the following link:

https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/cancelled-planned-operations/

The latest statistics published cover the period up to 31 December 2022 and the number of planned operations that were cancelled each month from May 2021 onwards can be found within the tab ‘Publication table’ in the following link:

https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/media/17421/2023-02-07-cancellations.xlsx

These statistics are sourced from local theatre systems and only includes cancellations that were cancelled the day before, or on the day the patient was due to be treated. PHS does not collect information on cancellations that occur prior to this. Please note, data are provided at specialty level only, PHS are unable to provide data at procedure level.

Question reference: S6W-14596

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the current average waiting time for elective surgery in NHS Lanarkshire is, broken down by procedure.

The information requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government.

Statistics relating to the waits patients experience for inpatient or day case treatment at specialty level are published up to 30 September 2022 and can be found using the following link:

https://publichealthscotland.scot/media/17040/ipdc_nov22.xlsx

The statistics published in the tables above include the median wait on tab ‘2.1 Table’ and not an average. The median is used because an average (mean) can be skewed incorrectly by a small number of very long waits that are recorded in error in the national data.

Question reference: S6W-14592

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many people were awaiting elective surgery in NHS Lanarkshire in each month since May 2021, broken down by procedure.

The information requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government.

Public Health Scotland is not currently able to report accurately on waiting times to this level of detail. More detailed information on the procedure(s) that are planned or undertaken for a patient will be held locally by NHS Boards. We would therefore advise contacting NHS Boards to obtain this data.

Statistics relating to the waits patients experience for inpatient or day case treatment at specialty level are published up to 30 th September 2022 and can be found using the following link:

https://publichealthscotland.scot/media/17040/ipdc_nov22.xlsx

Question reference: S6W-14594

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many people, who had elective surgery in NHS Lanarkshire in 2022, were treated (a) by NHS Lanarkshire (b) by another health board and (c) in a private hospital, broken down by procedure.