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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.

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Question reference: S6W-38814

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time equivalent civil servants currently work within its (a) cancer policy unit, (b) long-term conditions policy unit, broken down by condition, and (c) long-term conditions strategy unit.

The number of full-time equivalent civil servants is broken down by policy area and condition as follows:

Policy Area	Health Condition	Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Civil Servants
Cancer and Rehabilitation Policy Unit	Cancer	6.61 WTE
Long Term Conditions Policy Unit	Heart Disease	1.6 WTE
	Cardiac Arrest	0.9 WTE
	Stroke	2.5 WTE
	Neurological Conditions	4.73 WTE
	Diabetes and Respiratory	2.3 WTE
Long Term Conditions Strategy Unit	Long Term Conditions Strategy and Long Covid	4 WTE

Question reference: S6W-38812

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what (a) patient, (b) clinical and (c) third sector engagement was undertaken in the long-term conditions framework consultation, and whether it will summarise the feedback given on the strategic direction.

Question reference: S6W-38813

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how funding will be allocated to condition-specific projects under the long-term conditions framework.

Question reference: S6W-38811

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what impact it anticipates the long-term conditions framework will have on the role of the current national advisory committees and taskforces that provide clinical leadership to the delivery of strategies.

As we develop our new integrated Long Term Conditions Framework, we will consider how it and its series of action plans are governed and implemented to ensure all conditions are considered and action plans are implemented effectively. Future planning for current advisory committees and taskforces will be considered at the same time

Details of the governance arrangements will form part of the Framework and will be published in December 2025.

Question reference: S6W-38815

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what changes will be made to the civil servant resource for conditions such as stroke and heart disease within the long-term conditions policy unit, in light of the publication of the long-term conditions framework.

Question reference: S6W-38986

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 23 July 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to ensure that paramedics do not work more than six hours without a break.

Question reference: S6W-38960

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 23 July 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to implement the World Health Organization’s resolution on reducing the burden of noncommunicable diseases through promotion of kidney health and strengthening prevention and control of kidney disease, particularly in relation to ensuring equitable access to psychosocial support services for people with chronic kidney disease, as highlighted in the Kidney Care UK report, 'Left to get on with it': The real impact of inadequate psychosocial support in kidney care, published in June 2025.

Question reference: S6W-37578

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 June 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 22 July 2025

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the palliative care strategy has not yet been published.

Question reference: S6W-38916

Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S6W-38380

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 June 2025
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 19 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether Scottish Enterprise consulted it when making its recently reported decision not to provide grant funding to Rolls-Royce Submarines.