- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 February 2026
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 25 February 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many radiology speciality training places have been made available in each of the last five years.
Answer
Answer expected on 25 February 2026
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 February 2026
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 25 February 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many advanced level nurses in primary care have been trained in each year since 2021.
Answer
Answer expected on 25 February 2026
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 February 2026
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 25 February 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00312 by Humza Yousaf on 22 June 2021, how many entrants there have been to accredited pre-registration radiography specialty courses in each of the last five years.
Answer
Answer expected on 25 February 2026
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 February 2026
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 25 February 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what the current average cost per appointment is for the NHS service, Near Me, and what the estimated total annual operating cost of the service is in each financial year from 2025-26 to 2029-30.
Answer
Answer expected on 25 February 2026
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 February 2026
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Current Status:
Answered by Neil Gray on 10 February 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its Endoscopy and Urology Diagnostic Recovery and Renewal Plan, how many one-stop clinics each NHS board has, broken down by (a) set-up cost, (b) annual operating cost and (c) how many appointments each has delivered, each year
Answer
The following table details the number of urology hubs and one-stop urology clinics located through NHS Scotland.
NHS Board | Service |
NHS Ayrshire & Arran | Urology Hub in the Ballochmyle Suite at University Hospital Ayr. One-stop diagnostic clinics are conducted from this suite. |
NHS Fife | In Fife there are two Urology Hubs: the Urology Diagnostic and Treatment Centre (UDTC) in Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline, and the UDTC in the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy. One-stop clinics are well established in the UDTC in Victoria Hospital, offering services 5 days per week. |
NHS Forth Valley | The Urology Hub at Forth Valley Royal Hospital operates predominately as a one-stop service. |
NHS Grampian | There is one Urology Hub located in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary (ARI) and one Urology Hub currently in development which will be one stop. |
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde | NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde has two urology hubs located at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Royal Alexandra Hospital. A third one-stop Hub is currently in development and expected to trial from March 2026 based at Vale of Leven. |
NHS Highland | Urology Hub based in Raigmore Hospital that provides a Highland wide service with a one stop service for prostate and bladder. |
NHS Lanarkshire | In Lanarkshire, the main Urology Hub is in University Hospital Monklands (UHM) which provides pathway specific one-stop clinics. Further opportunities to expand the one-stop model are being explored. |
NHS Lothian | The Western General Hospital Urology Hub (WGH) supports all diagnostic pathways for benign and cancer patients, as well as a recently established a one-stop Male LUTS(Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms)/BPH(Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia) clinic and one stop visible haematuria clinics which have been in place for almost 2 years. In East Lothian Community Hospital, there is also a one stop service to deliver minimally invasive BPH treatments. With recent recruitment of additional specialist nurses to support the benign urology service and prostate cancer diagnostics, the service is seeking to develop additional one-stop clinics including exploring a more rapid diagnostic pathway for Urgent Suspicion of Cancer (USoC) prostate patients. |
NHS Tayside | Urology treatment centre (UTC) established at Perth Royal Infirmary (PRI). One-stop clinics are undertaken in UTC three days a week. |
Information about (a) set-up cost, (b) annual operating cost and (c) how many appointments each has delivered each year is not held centrally for the above noted urology hubs and one-stop clinics. The member may wish to contact NHS boards directly for more information.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 February 2026
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Current Status:
Answered by Neil Gray on 10 February 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its Endoscopy and Urology Diagnostic Recovery and Renewal Plan, how many urology diagnostic hubs each NHS board has, broken down by (a) set-up cost, (b) annual operating cost and (c) how many appointments each has delivered each year.
Answer
The following table details the number of urology hubs and one-stop urology clinics located through NHS Scotland.
NHS Board | Service |
NHS Ayrshire & Arran | Urology Hub in the Ballochmyle Suite at University Hospital Ayr. One-stop diagnostic clinics are conducted from this suite. |
NHS Fife | In Fife there are two Urology Hubs: the Urology Diagnostic and Treatment Centre (UDTC) in Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline, and the UDTC in the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy. One-stop clinics are well established in the UDTC in Victoria Hospital, offering services 5 days per week. |
NHS Forth Valley | The Urology Hub at Forth Valley Royal Hospital operates predominately as a one-stop service. |
NHS Grampian | There is one Urology Hub located in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary (ARI) and one Urology Hub currently in development which will be one stop. |
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde | NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde has two urology hubs located at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Royal Alexandra Hospital. A third one-stop Hub is currently in development and expected to trial from March 2026 based at Vale of Leven. |
NHS Highland | Urology Hub based in Raigmore Hospital that provides a Highland wide service with a one stop service for prostate and bladder. |
NHS Lanarkshire | In Lanarkshire, the main Urology Hub is in University Hospital Monklands (UHM) which provides pathway specific one-stop clinics. Further opportunities to expand the one-stop model are being explored. |
NHS Lothian | The Western General Hospital Urology Hub (WGH) supports all diagnostic pathways for benign and cancer patients, as well as a recently established a one-stop Male LUTS(Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms)/BPH(Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia) clinic and one stop visible haematuria clinics which have been in place for almost 2 years. In East Lothian Community Hospital, there is also a one stop service to deliver minimally invasive BPH treatments. With recent recruitment of additional specialist nurses to support the benign urology service and prostate cancer diagnostics, the service is seeking to develop additional one-stop clinics including exploring a more rapid diagnostic pathway for Urgent Suspicion of Cancer (USoC) prostate patients. |
NHS Tayside | Urology treatment centre (UTC) established at Perth Royal Infirmary (PRI). One-stop clinics are undertaken in UTC three days a week. |
Information about (a) set-up cost, (b) annual operating cost and (c) how many appointments each has delivered each year is not held centrally for the above noted urology hubs and one-stop clinics. The member may wish to contact NHS boards directly for more information.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 February 2026
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Current Status:
Answered by Neil Gray on 10 February 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many CT scanners each NHS board has.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not routinely collect this information.
However, in the following table is the information that we do hold from 2024:
Health Board | CT Scanners |
NHS Ayrshire & Arran | 4 |
NHS Borders | 1 |
NHS Dumfries & Galloway | 2 |
NHS Fife | 3 |
NHS Forth Valley | 2 |
NHS Grampian | 5 |
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde | 21 |
NHS Highland | 7 |
NHS Lanarkshire | 7 |
NHS Lothian | 8 |
NHS Orkney | 1 |
NHS Shetland | 1 |
NHS Tayside | 8 |
NHS Western Isles | 1 |
NHS National Services Scotland | 1 |
NHS Golden Jubilee | 2 |
Total | 74 |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 February 2026
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Current Status:
Answered by Neil Gray on 10 February 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been allocated in (a) 2025-26 and (b) the draft Scottish Budget 2026-27 for replacing radiotherapy equipment.
Answer
No allocations have yet been issued for 2025-26, but will be issued in due course once final costs are known.
The forecast funding envelope for 2026-27 is £31.2 million.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 February 2026
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Current Status:
Answered by Neil Gray on 10 February 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the £45 million rolling programme of ring-fenced capital funding for replacing radiotherapy equipment, which was set out in the National Radiotherapy Plan, how much has been allocated each year, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
| | 2022.23 | 2023.24 | 2024.25 | Total |
Health Board | £ | £ | £ | £ |
NHS Grampian | - | 4,260,000 | 3,156,000 | 7,416,000 |
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde | 6,815,000 | 987,000 | 6,917,000 | 14,719,000 |
NHS Highland | 32,000 | 880,000 | 748,000 | 1,660,000 |
NHS Lothian | 2,590,000 | 3,620,000 | 4,076,000 | 10,286,000 |
NHS Tayside | - | 153,974 | 3,930,000 | 4,083,974 |
Total | 9,437,000 | 9,900,974 | 18,827,000 | 38,164,974 |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 February 2026
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Current Status:
Answered by Neil Gray on 10 February 2026
To ask the Scottish Government when data on cancer mortality by deprivation levels will be published.
Answer
Public Health Scotland (PHS) published the annual update to cancer mortality statistics in Scotland on 27 January 2026. Cancer mortality deprivation data has not been published due to the lack of available census data. Once the population data required for this analysis is available, PHS will pre-announce the publication.
The contents and timings of statistical publications are at the discretion of PHS who are independent of the Scottish Government.
