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Date answered:
24 February 2026
S6W-43792
The Scottish Government is committed to ensuring that everyone in Scotland has fair and reliable access to the protections offered by Martha’s Rule, which empowers patients and families to escalate concerns about care.The right to request a second opinion is already enshrined in the Patient’s Charter, alo...
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Date answered:
15 January 2026
S6W-42910
In addition to providing support for the cost of employing a trainee, that trainee can deliver legal aid and attract income for a firm.We are working closely with the Law Society of Scotland to develop the funding model, taking on board the lessons learned from the previous Traineeship Fund, and drawing on evidence submitted to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee inquiry into Legal Aid Inquiry about gaps in service across rural communities and legal aid types.The profession remains supportive of the initiative and I am committed to working with them on this and other reforms to legal aid to improve this important service.
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29 October 2025
S6W-40990
Feedback from the evaluation of the launch in December 2025 will be a part of understanding any additional support needed for staff prior to MyCare.scot being made available to everyone across Scotland from April 2026. S6W-40990
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Date answered:
5 August 2025
S6W-39450
To ask the Scottish Government what targets it has set for reducing cataract surgery waiting times. Under the Patient Rights (Scotland) Act 2011, an eligible patient is to start to receive agreed treatment within the 12-week Treatment Time Guarantee (TTG).
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Date answered:
4 July 2025
S6W-38941
We will be reviewing the service delivery landscape to make sure it is the right composition to deliver the services the people of Scotland need, this will include both public bodies and Scottish Government directorates.
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Date answered:
1 October 2024
S6W-30014
Building secure futures for children in Scotland, which states that, among other findings, more than one in 10 children in care were still in temporary placements a decade after entering the care system.
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3 June 2024
S6W-27617
The guidance makes clear that the practice of “sending home” or “informal exclusion” is illegal and denies pupils and parents their rights. Following an incident where the decision is made that the child or young person cannot remain in school, for one of the reasons specified in regulation 4 of the Schools General (Scotland) Regulations 1975 as amended, this must be recorded as an exclusion.
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Date answered:
20 November 2023
S6W-22583
We published a new Mental Health and Wellbeing Workforce Plan on 7 November, which set out the actions we will take to ensure we have a resilient and sustainable workforce, with the right skills who are able to deliver the new Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy.
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Date answered:
16 August 2023
S6W-20456
We will therefore work with each local authority, starting with the areas facing the greatest temporary accommodation pressures, on the solutions to accelerate void processing that are right for them. We are in discussions with the Scottish Housing Regulator, the Association of Local Authority Chief Housing Officers, the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations, the Glasgow West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations, COSLA and Shelter to agree what changes could be made in the next two to three years that would reduce the turnaround time for vacant social homes.
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Date answered:
7 March 2023
S6W-15335
Everyone has the right to go to work without fear of intimidation.
