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Question reference: S6W-39039

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 June 2025
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 18 July 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-38278 by Neil Gray on 10 June 2025, and in light of reported data from Public Health Scotland showing that over 50% of patients were waiting over six weeks for a colonoscopy as of March 2025, what specific provisions are included within the Endoscopy and Urology Diagnostic Recovery and Renewal Plan to enable the six-week target waiting times standard for key diagnostic tests and procedures to be met for people being investigated for inflammatory bowel disease.

As part of the Endoscopy and Urology Diagnostic Recovery and Renewal Plan, the Centre for Sustainable Delivery (CfSD) has published a number of clinical pathways and guidance, co-designed with clinicians, to manage patients referred routinely for colonoscopy. This includes the recently published qFIT clinical consensus document and national guidance for specifically managing IBD symptoms. Health Boards will implement these pathways to meet the six week standard. The pathways are published on Health Board websites, and it is expected all boards should be implementing these locally.

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