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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-12409

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 28 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 7 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to S6W-12102 by Kevin Stewart on 16 November 2022, whether any Integration Joint Boards (IJB) have not returned any surplus COVID-19 reserves in the current financial year, and, if so, whether it will list (a) each IJB and (b) the reasons for which it has not returned any such surplus.

Question reference: S6F-01607

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 05 December 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 December 2022

To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government will provide an update on whether it will instruct Scottish Water to freeze water rates for 2023-24 to help with the cost of living crisis.

Question reference: S6W-12431

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 5 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many working groups have been established by NHS Scotland in each of the last five financial years, broken down by the (a) total costs incurred in running these bodies, including expenses and (b) number that have (i) formally completed their work and ceased to exist and (ii) not met in the last six months but still exist.

Question reference: S6W-12457

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 5 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to promote uptake of the winter (a) COVID-19 booster and (b) flu vaccination in areas of low uptake.

Question reference: S6W-12441

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 5 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been (a) allocated and (b) spent to date on National Treatment Centres, broken down by financial year since their creation.

Question reference: S6W-12456

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 5 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what percentage of people who are housebound are still to receive their winter (i) COVID-19 booster and (ii) flu vaccination, broken down by integration joint board area.

While statistics on vaccination rates among those who are housebound are not published, we continue to see very high uptake across all eligible cohorts in the winter vaccination programme.

Housebound patients are identified through their local GP and have been vaccinated in their homes, with some health boards utilising the Scottish Ambulance Service to support this. For those who weren’t identified via their GP, their appointment letter contained information on how to request a home visit.

Question reference: S6W-12454

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 5 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it considers just over a third of health and social care staff have taken up their COVID-19 winter booster and flu vaccinations to date, and what its position is on whether uptake should be higher.

Our aspiration is for uptake to be as high as possible across all groups, this includes health and social care workers.

Vaccination uptake for Frontline Health & Social Care workers is currently at 40% for Covid-19 vaccines. The uptake for Flu vaccines for all healthcare workers is currently at 49%.

We have been working closely with Health Boards to increase uptake in this group. Specific interventions include drop in clinics for workers, outreach vaccination teams visiting workplaces, tailored local and national communications to encourage uptake. We are also conducting surveys to gather insight on why some people are choosing not to get vaccinated this winter.

Question reference: S6W-12234

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 5 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is the case that 30% of funding for the treatment of Long COVID has not yet been made available to NHS boards, and, if it is the case, what is the reason for its position on this matter, and when it plans to provide any remaining funding.

Territorial NHS Boards’ 2022-23 funding from the long COVID Support Fund has been split into two tranches. The first tranche (70%) was provided to NHS Boards in June. The second tranche (30%) will be made later in the financial year following progress reporting.

This is a well-established practice for the allocation of health board funding to account for any slippage in programme delivery, and is used across a range of policy areas.

Question reference: S6W-12276

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 5 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05839 by Humza Yousaf on 21 January 2022, which states that the National Audiology Review Group will provide recommendations for a national plan for improvement in audiology, when the national plan will be published.

Question reference: S6W-12275

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 5 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many children it estimates have been negatively impacted by the failings identified by the British Academy of Audiology review of paediatric audiology care at NHS Lothian from (a) those patients whose records were sampled by reviews carried out by the British Academy of Audiology or other independent bodies and (b) all patients seen by paediatric audiology services at NHS Lothian between 2009 and 2021.