- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi McAllan on 28 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the pilot work to tackle litter sinks at the head of Loch Long at Arrochar.
Answer
Since the inception of work to better understand the Arrochar litter sink in 2017, we have determined that approximately half of the litter has originated from the River Clyde catchment, and half from the open sea. We are using this knowledge to focus efforts on tackling the source of the litter over which we can have most influence, that from the River Clyde.
As such, the recently updated Marine Litter Strategy for Scotland includes actions on riverine litter, to prevent it and to support its removal. Our key delivery partner Keep Scotland Beautiful and their Upstream Battle project enables communities, businesses, and schools on the River Clyde to develop local solutions to reduce littering, and also support its clean-up. This initiative also supports citizen science and the outputs will inform further riverine litter policy, aiming to reduce and intercept litter before it reaches our seas. In addition, we are also engaging with Glasgow City Council to consider more options to increase litter removal from the River Clyde.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has met its national targets to tackle long waits for planned care, as set out in July 2022.
Answer
Despite ongoing significant pressures, we continue to see progress in reducing long waits following the introduction of targets in July 2022. The latest Public Health Scotland data shows:
- The total number of patients waiting than more two years for a new outpatient appointment was reduced by 60 per cent in six months;
- 18 of 30 inpatient / day-case specialities have fewer than ten patients waiting more than two years
- 61 per cent of new outpatient specialties have fewer than 10 patients waiting over 78 weeks.
We have also progressed significant immediate and long term solutions to support Boards to clear their remaining long waits. In addition to the targets introduced last year, the Centre for Sustainable Delivery is supporting Boards to maximise their capacity and increase theatre efficiencies, including through Active Clinical Referral Treatment and Patient Initiated Review.
Four National Treatment Centres will also open this year, providing significant additional capacity for orthopaedics, ophthalmic and diagnostic treatment. This includes NTC-Fife and NTC-Highland, which opened in March and April respectively, and NTC-Forth Valley and the second phase of the NHS Golden Jubilee which will open later in the year.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 April 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its forthcoming 10-year cancer strategy, whether it will commit to producing a supplementary tailored action plan for increasing the survival rates of each of the six less survivable cancers, which are pancreatic, lung, liver, brain, stomach and oesophageal cancers.
Answer
The forthcoming 10-year cancer strategy will be accompanied by a 3-year action plan aligning with the ambitions set out in our strategy. There will not be additional action plans for specific cancer types, however in both the strategy and plan we will continue to focus on those cancer types that are the largest burden and have poorer survival, in particular the less survivable cancers.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2023
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 3 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what financial assessment has been made of any impact on the capital budget of delays in delivering infrastructure projects.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 3 May 2023
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 April 2023
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 27 April 2023
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government is doing to ensure that published NHS waiting times for treatment are accurate.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 27 April 2023
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenni Minto on 24 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to prioritise (a) alcohol harm and (b) obesity prevention in order to reduce the burden of liver disease.
Answer
The Scottish Government takes a whole population approach to tackling alcohol-related harms, in line with the World Health Organization’s focus on affordability, availability and attractiveness of alcohol. Our 2018 Alcohol Framework contains 20 actions to tackle alcohol related harm.
We want everyone in Scotland to eat well and have a healthy weight to help reduce the impact of a range of diet-related ill health conditions including liver disease. We continue to implement the wide-ranging actions set out in our 2018 Diet and Healthy Weight Delivery Plan . This includes our commitment to restrict less healthy food promotions and improving the availability of healthier options when eating out as outlined in our Out Of Home Action Plan .
We also continue to support NHS boards to deliver adult, children and young people’s weight management services in line with our Type 2 Diabetes Prevention, Early Detection and Intervention Framework and Public Health Scotland’s National Standards .
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 March 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenni Minto on 13 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to continue funding hybrid closed loop systems, beyond its support for the Accelerated National Innovation Adoption (ANIA) hybrid closed loop system national onboarding program and since the £14.6 million funding allocation was made in March 2022 to help NHS boards meet the Scottish Health Technologies Group's recommendations.
Answer
Our Diabetes Improvement Plan, published in 2021, contains a key commitment to further increase access to existing and emerging diabetes technologies. A link to the Plan can be found at link: Diabetes Care in Scotland (www.gov.scot) .
Our national policy is to increase access to these life changing diabetes therapies to everyone who would benefit, and we expect NHS Boards to provide technology to all clinically suitable children and adults.
We are supporting the ANIA collaborative as they work through the current proposal of a national onboarding programme. We are also working with wider stakeholders, including health finance colleagues, to determine what longer term developments would be required to support ongoing roll out of technologies.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 28 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many prosecutions there have been of jet ski owners for infringements on Loch Lomond since the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park was established.
Answer
The Scottish Government Criminal Proceedings database does not hold information on the specific type of vessel involved in charges prosecuted under Loch Lomond Byelaws.
The Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service were able to manually search relevant case records and confirmed that as at 21 March 2023 a total of three people have been prosecuted for offences involving a jet ski under Loch Lomond Byelaws 2013 B3.5(1)&3.17 - Knowingly/recklessly/negligently navigate and behaviour of vessel (where vessel involved is a jet ski).
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Lorna Slater on 27 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many jet ski owners have had enforcement action taken against them in each year since the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park was established, broken down by the nature of the enforcement.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government as this is an operational matter for Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority. I have therefore asked the Park Authority’s Chief Executive to write to the Member to provide details.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 March 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 24 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people it estimates could be eligible for a free, short-term loan of a wheelchair under its guidance issued to health and social care partnerships.
Answer
The information requested is not held by the Scottish Government.
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-16001 on 24 March 2023. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers
