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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: S7W-04356

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 17 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether the findings of the 2025-26 report, NHS Scotland Service Evaluation of Long COVID Services, will inform the development of its forthcoming Long Term Conditions Strategy and future planning for long COVID services and, if so, how.

Question reference: S7W-04358

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 17 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the report, NHS Scotland Service Evaluation of Long COVID Services, for 2025-26, and if it does not plan to publish it, what the reasons are for this decision, in light of the valuable time and effort that people with lived experience have given up to contribute to this report.

Question reference: S7W-04357

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 17 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the report, NHS Scotland Service Evaluation of Long COVID Services, for 2025-26.

Question reference: S7W-04055

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 October 2026
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 19 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact on postponements and cancellations of surgery of the reported shortage of anaesthetists across NHS Scotland.

Every cancelled or postponed surgery has a real impact on patients and their families and we have made it clear to health boards that patients with the greatest clinical need should not have their operations postponed.

Surgical procedures can, of course, be cancelled or postponed for a number of reasons, including the patient’s clinical needs, the patient themselves cancelling the operation, staff such as anaesthetists not being available, or due to an emergency taking clinical priority.

The latest Public Health Scotland data shows that in August 2026 there were 25,253 operations planned to take place across NHS Scotland. Of these, only 2.0% were cancelled by the hospital on the day before or on the day that treatment was planned to take place due to capacity or non-clinical reasons, and this trend has remained steady.

The Scottish Government is investing to expand access to the NHS in Scotland and our NHS is delivering thousands more operations, procedures and appointments compared to last year. We will continue to work with health boards to ensure capacity is used as effectively as possible so that fewer patients are impacted by cancellations and postponements.

Question reference: S7W-04273

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether, as part of its pilot to electronically monitor people on bail using GPS, real-time alerts will be sent to people at risk when an exclusion zone is breached, and whether any such alerts will be included in any subsequent nationwide rollout of the scheme.

Question reference: S7W-04272

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its pilot to electronically monitor people on bail using GPS, when the pilot will commence and what the timetable is for its evaluation and any subsequent national roll-out.

Question reference: S7W-04190

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 09 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S7W-03532 by Angela Constance on 7 October 2026, when and by whom were Professors Hiscox and Gardner nominated, whether any staff have been employed, including on secondment or through carrying out additional duties, to support them in carrying out their duties and, if so, were these staff appointed or subject to competitive interview.

Question reference: S7W-04074

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 4 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many civil servants employed by it are resident (a) in the rest of the UK and (b) abroad and whether there will be any exceptions to its policy on office attendance.

Question reference: S7W-04079

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 4 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government when it became aware that NHS Grampian did not expect to restore maternity services to Dr Gray’s Hospital in 2026.

Question reference: S7W-04078

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 4 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of a May 2026 update from Aberdeen Health and Social Care Partnership stating that all three NHS Grampian walk-in clinics would be open by late summer/early autumn 2026, for what reason only one is currently operational, when it expects the Moray and Aberdeenshire clinics to be operational, and how much it has spent so far on the Moray and Aberdeenshire clinics.