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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)
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Question reference: S4W-19148

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2014
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 21 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what progress the Detect Cancer Early Programme has made on increasing the five-year survival rate for lung cancer patients.

The Detect Lung Cancer Early campaign fronted by Sir Alex Fergusson was launched on 6 November 2013, with a repeat phase of media marketing running from 13 January 2014.

It is too early to measure the impact of the programme on five-year survival rates for lung cancer. Capital and revenue has been made available to NHS boards to support an increase in diagnostic and treatment capacity. In addition Health Improvement Scotland are undertaking a review of the Scottish Referral Guidelines for Suspected Cancer which includes lung cancer. A series of primary care education sessions focussing on lung and colorectal cancers have also taken place.

Question reference: S4W-19145

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2014
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 21 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many lung cancer patients are being treated by the NHS.

Question reference: S4W-19154

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2014
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 21 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing will meet the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation and the National Lung Cancer Forum for Nurses to discuss their report, Understanding the value of lung cancer nurse specialists.

I attended a Scottish Parliament event hosted by the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation Committee on 9 January 2014 to raise awareness of the value of lung cancer nurses.

In response to the issues raised by a number of organisations around the role of specialist nurses, the Scottish Government will host regional seminars in early 2014 to explore current provision and the future direction of specialist nurse roles in Scotland. Representatives from The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation and the National Lung Cancer Forum for nurses will be invited to participate.

Question reference: S4W-19150

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2014
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 21 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that NHS boards have a sufficient number of lung cancer specialist nurses and appropriately skilled nursing cover during absences.

The Scottish Government works closely with regional cancer networks and NHS boards to ensure there is the required workforce to meet current and anticipated increases in demand for oncology services.

However, it is for each NHS board to plan and deliver high quality, safe and sustainable services taking account of national and local priorities. This includes how best to utilise funding and deploy staff.

The Scottish Government has supported the development of nursing workload and workforce planning tools to inform decisions about nursing and midwifery establishments. Application of these evidence based tools, takes into account professional judgement and local context, and includes assumptions in relation to absence levels. The suite of available tools includes clinical nurse specialists. Application of the tools has been mandatory since April 2013, and all NHS boards are expected to use the tools to inform local nursing and workforce planning.

Question reference: S4W-19146

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2014
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 16 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what the average case load is for a lung cancer nurse specialist in each NHS board.

Question reference: S4O-02764

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 8 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce guaranteed access to wraparound childcare for parents of primary school children.

Question reference: S4W-18991

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 7 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many cases are waiting to go to trial at the (a) Glasgow and (b) Edinburgh domestic abuse court.

Question reference: S4W-18993

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 7 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many additional trial diets have been set aside at the (a) Glasgow and (b) Edinburgh domestic abuse court; how many sheriffs have been allocated to these, and how many of them have experience in dealing with domestic abuse cases.

Question reference: S4W-18992

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 7 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what the current maximum wait is for a case to go to trial at the (a) Glasgow and (b) Edinburgh domestic abuse court.

Question reference: S4F-01785

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 December 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 December 2013

To ask the First Minister when the Scottish Government will publish the next set of statistics for the Scottish Welfare Fund.