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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: S6W-16128

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 17 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 2 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13795 by Kevin Stewart on 19 January 2023, whether it will provide an update on when further details will be available.

Question reference: S6W-16125

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 17 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 2 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13799 by Kevin Stewart on 19 January 2023, whether it will provide an update on when further details will be available.

Question reference: S6W-16676

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has provided an additional 20,000 endoscopies by March 2023, as committed to in the Endoscopy and Urology Diagnostic Recovery and Renewal Plan, published in November 2021.

PHS publish waiting times data on a quarterly basis. The next publication covering the period to March 2023 will be published on 30 May 2023.

We remain committed to increasing capacity to support recovery, including providing additional endoscopies. To support this we have put in place four mobile endoscopy units, which are providing five to six endoscopy rooms across NHS Scotland. A Dyce facility continues to provide additional endoscopy for NHS Grampian and a new endoscopy room is due to open in NHS Ayrshire and Arran on 1 May 2023.

NTC Golden Jubilee Phase 2 is planned to open in late 2023 bringing additional capacity of five orthopaedic theatres, five endoscopy rooms and two general theatres, and around 9,400 procedures in 2023-24.

We continue to work with Boards on a series of measures to increase diagnostic capacity. Scotland’s world-leading diagnostic bowel service, Colon Capsule Endoscopy (CCE), has supported nearly 3,000 patients since becoming operational in June 2020, including around 2,500 since April 2021.

Question reference: S6W-16677

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has now implemented "a new National Surveillance Management Framework to mitigate clinical risk, reducing demand for surveillance endoscopy by up to 30%", as committed to in the Endoscopy and Urology Diagnostic Recovery and Renewal Plan, published in November 2021.

Question reference: S6W-16680

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many additional practitioners it has provided since the publication of the Endoscopy and Urology Diagnostic Recovery and Renewal Plan.

Nine additional Urology Practitioners have been recruited to NHS Scotland since the publication of the Endoscopy and Urology Diagnostic Recovery and Renewal Plan.

Seventeen Nurse Endoscopists have been signed off for independent practice since 2021 and we anticipate that a further three new Practitioners will sign off in Spring 2023. This would represent an achievement of 80% against the commitment of 36 Nurse Endoscopists by 2025.

Question reference: S6W-16681

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has continued the Endoscopy Academic Training Programme for Nurse (non-medical) practitioners, and how many participants (a) have there been and (b) have completed the programme, since the publication of the Endoscopy and Urology Diagnostic Recovery and Renewal Plan in November 2021, to date.

Question reference: S6W-16678

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has introduced a "Once for Scotland" Patient Management Pathway, as committed to in the Endoscopy and Urology Diagnostic Recovery and Renewal Plan, published in November 2021, and, if so, whether it has reduced demand for (a) new endoscopy by 7,000 and (b) surveillance by 4,000.

National qFIT guidance for primary and secondary care was published in May 2022. Where this has been fully implemented, NHS Boards have evidenced a 70% reduction in colonoscopy urgent suspicion of cancer demand. National investigation guidance for iron deficiency anaemia, post-acute diverticulitis and oesophageal varices pathways have also been published and are currently being implemented by Health Boards. The National management guidance for haematuria has also been revised.

Furthermore, an IBD Surveillance Strategy has been developed and is being implemented by Health Boards.

Question reference: S6W-16679

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has developed an "educational programme for Urology Nurse (non-medical) Advanced Practitioners with cystoscopy skills", as committed to in the Endoscopy and Urology Diagnostic Recovery and Renewal Plan, published in November 2022, and, if so, how many practitioners have completed the programme to date.

Question reference: S6W-16675

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has introduced "National Endoscopy Training Programme provision for basic and enhanced training for up to 70 non-medical and medical trainees per annum", as committed to in the Endoscopy and Urology Diagnostic Recovery and Renewal Plan, published in November 2021.

The National Endoscopy Training Programme, launched in 2022, has supported 99 trainee endoscopists for basic courses to date. The programme has also supported 102 independent endoscopists with upskilling, and a further 24 senior trainee endoscopists with training and procedure numbers to support independent endoscopy certification.

There are also currently 222 trainee doctors within NHS Scotland across three training specialities who can perform, or are in training to perform, endoscopy; 32 in Urology, 47 in Gastroenterology and 147 in General Surgery.

Question reference: S6W-16600

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 31 March 2023
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many people are currently employed in the social care sector, broken down by (a) role and (b) type of social care.