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To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to engage with the UK Government on its X-UK acquisitions programme 2022-27 in relation to supporting artists in Scotland.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 August 2022
Consideration must be given to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the operation of the Caledonian System, our ability to assess and evaluate during this period, and what lessons might be learned to further enhance the programme. S6W-09853
Decarbonisation of the line to Girvan and Stranraer forms a later phase of the rolling programme. Therefore it is at very early stage of development with a detailed implementation programme still to be developed.
However, I should clarify that Near Me is not an asynchronous model (as it only provides real-time video consultations) and that AskMyGP has been procured at a local level and does not fall under the remit of the national programme. S6W-08374
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the (a) impact on patient survival and (b) health economics of establishing a national lung cancer screening programme. The UK National Screening Committee’s review into whether a programme of national lung screening should be introduced will rigorous...
We will also consider an affirmative Scottish statutory instrument on poultry meat and a negative instrument, and we will consider further our work programme paper. Meeting closed at 12:59.
Prostate Cancer To ask the Scottish Government which national health service boards offer robotic-assisted prostatectomy as a method of surgery for prostate cancer.
Many firms are positive towards training employees or prospective employees but, somehow or other, we are still behind what we often see in our major trading partners, such as Germany and countries in east Asia, where firms seem to want to participate in that process much more persistently.
To ask the Scottish Government how many individuals were supported into employment through its No One Left Behind programme in each of the last three years, and what this figure was as a proportion of all individuals supported through the programme in each of those years.