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Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee 26 June 2025 Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee 26 June 2025Gaza Gaza Good morning, and a warm welcome to the 20th meeting in 2025 of the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 February 2024
During this period figures for new outpatient appointments are 1,988 by non-NHS providers out of 1,273,588 in total (0.16%), involving 1,943 new patients out of a total of 964,316 new patients.
Business gateway offers a service that is used, valued and appreciated by many: 50,000 existing or new businesses are supported every year, 700,000 people visited its website and read 2.7 million pages and, encouragingly, almost half the new start-ups have been led by women.
Does the First Minister agree with Margaret Watt, chair of the Scotland Patients Association, that the latest figures for accident and emergency waiting times are shocking?
Drug deaths remain far too high, and the latest suspected drug death figures indicate that 898 people are believed to have died in the first nine months of 2025.