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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.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S6W-26919

Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 19 April 2024
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 30 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many medical records team leaders currently work in the NHS, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-26604

Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 April 2024
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 30 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what recent work the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer has done in relation to consistency in prescribing across the NHS, and when they last updated the Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care on any such work.

The Chief Pharmaceutical Officer meets regularly with both the Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health, and Social Care and I on medicine policy matters, including supporting consistency in prescribing across the NHS in Scotland. This includes work on evolving individual Health Board medicine formularies to regional formularies covering prescribing in both hospitals and primary care, based on a collaborative consensus model which builds upon proven existing local governance and decision-making processes. This work has recently been endorsed by Health Board Chief Executives as a priority work programme.

Question reference: S6T-01957

Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 29 April 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the number of private GP clinics has reportedly tripled since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Question reference: S6W-26928

Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 19 April 2024
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 29 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many secondary school physical education teachers were employed by each local authority in 2023-24.

The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) Secondary teachers with Physical Education reported as their main subject by each local authority. Head teachers and Depute head teachers are not included.

Teacher FTE numbers for individual subjects in Secondary schools are published in Table 8.9 in the annual Teacher Census Supplementary statistics available from https://www.gov.scot/publications/teacher-census-supplementary-statistics/ .

Secondary school teachers (FTE) with Physical Education as main subject taught 2023 - Excludes head and depute head teachers.

	FTE
Aberdeen City	62
Aberdeenshire	96
Angus	49
Argyll and Bute	32
City of Edinburgh	155
Clackmannanshire	17
Dumfries and Galloway	53
Dundee City	43
East Ayrshire	42
East Dunbartonshire	53
East Lothian	36
East Renfrewshire	64
Falkirk	97
Fife	132
Glasgow City	207
Highland	87
Inverclyde	29
Midlothian	49
Moray	34
Na h-Eileanan Siar	10
North Ayrshire	53
North Lanarkshire	130
Orkney Islands	7
Perth and Kinross	53
Renfrewshire	70
Scottish Borders	45
Shetland Islands	9
South Ayrshire	44
South Lanarkshire	134
Stirling	45
West Dunbartonshire	32
West Lothian	89
All local authorities	2,057
Grant Aided	4
Scotland	2,061

Question reference: S6W-26924

Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 19 April 2024
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 29 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with allied health professional organisations, and what was discussed.

Carolyn McDonald, in her capacity as Chief Allied Health Professions Officer (CAHPO) met most recently with the Allied Health Professions Federation Scotland (AHPFS) on 3 April, 2024. Discussion included the National Care Service, Education, Government Consultations and Representation. The CAPHO and the Scottish Government will continue to engage with relevant Allied Health Professional Bodies and Organisations on a regular basis.

Question reference: S6W-26898

Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 April 2024
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 29 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of any variation in pay, terms and conditions for social workers across different local authorities.

Scottish Government conducted a survey of job vacancies advertised in myjobscotland in September 2023, as part of joint work with COSLA on social workers pay variation across Scotland. This survey indicated that at that time there was a difference of average pay of circa £7k between the lowest and highest paying employers. The lowest paying £33,500 per annum and the highest £40,673. The majority of Scotland’s employers in the public sector pay between £36,400 and £38,480.

Question reference: S6W-26921

Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 19 April 2024
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 29 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have asked to access their medical records in (a) the last 12 months and (b) each of the previous 10 years.

The information requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government. Requests for access to medical records is a function conferred in law to the data controllers. NHS Scotland is made up of a federated group of independent organisations including health boards, GP Practices, Dentists, Opticians and other health services providers, each of whom may be individual data controllers depending on the specific information.

Question reference: S6W-27093

Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 26 April 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 13 May 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has spoken to the relevant authorities regarding plans to bolster public transport links between Ayr and Stranraer, in light of the reported ongoing disruption on the railway line from Ayr.

Question reference: S6W-27092

Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 26 April 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 13 May 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has conducted an economic impact assessment of any damage to the economy of Stranraer and the surrounding area due to the reported ongoing disruption on the railway line from Ayr.

Question reference: S6W-27091

Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 26 April 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 13 May 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has conducted an equality impact assessment regarding the number of any missed health appointments as a result of the reported ongoing disruption to the railway line from Stranraer to Ayr, in particular for women.