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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-39442

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 July 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that the longest a patient in NHS Grampian has waited for cataract surgery was 1,253 days.

Question reference: S6W-39449

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 July 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many cataract surgeries have been (a) cancelled and (b) rescheduled in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-39447

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 July 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients are on a waiting list for cataract surgery, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-39436

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 July 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review its elective care strategy, in light of reported long waits for cataract procedures.

Question reference: S6W-39198

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 07 July 2025
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 22 July 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether all NHS boards have received the new theatre scheduling tool that was due to be rolled out by end of June 2025.

The tool is currently live in six territorial boards, and work is continuing to implement the tool for the remaining territorial health boards and National Hospital Golden Jubilee. In line with the NHS Scotland Operational Improvement Plan (https://www.gov.scot/publications/nhs-scotland-operational-improvement-plan/pages/1/), all territorial health boards, and National Hospital Golden Jubilee, have been scheduled into the current theatre scheduling tool rollout plan, as at the end of June 2025.

Question reference: S6W-39017

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 June 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 22 July 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many people are currently being prescribed weight loss medications, including GLP-1 receptor agonists such as semaglutide (Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro).

For the purpose of this request, the Scottish Government has classified four medications as being widely recommended for use for weight loss in Scotland. Three of these medications (Mounjaro®, Saxenda®, Wegovy®) are Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (aka GLP-1s or GLP-RAs) and the other is tetrahydrolipstatin, also known by its brand name orlistat.

Data provided by Public Health Scotland (PHS) indicates that the number of patients who have received items paid as Mounjaro®, Saxenda®, Wegovy® or orlistat in Scotland in the period from Jan to Mar 2025 and dispensed from community pharmacies is as follows:

Brand/VTM	Formulation	No of patients
MOUNJARO ®	SOLUTION FOR INJECTION	4082
ORLISTAT (VTM)	ORAL CAPSULE	3168
SAXENDA ®	SOLUTION FOR INJECTION	28
WEGOVY ®	SOLUTION FOR INJECTION	406

TOTAL		7660*

*The CHI capture rate in the period for Saxenda® is 100%, for orlistat is 95.52%, for Wegovy® is 95.50% and for Mounjaro® is 94.13%. Therefore there is a small amount of underestimation in the number of patients who have had these drugs dispensed in NHS Scotland.

Patients who have received items from more than one brand will be counted under each. This means that the sum of patients across all brands may not match the sum of patients by brand.

Question reference: S6W-39474

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 18 July 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many patients who died in former psychiatric hospitals were buried in unmarked graves.

Question reference: S6W-39473

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 18 July 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what financial assistance is available to volunteers and researchers who wish to access the records of patients who died while being treated at former psychiatric hospitals.

Question reference: S6W-39475

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 18 July 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what plans are in place to remember any former patients of historic asylums who were buried in unmarked graves.

Question reference: S6W-39472

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 18 July 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what steps it is taking to reduce waiting times for a routine colposcopy, in light of reports that this can be up to 45 weeks in NHS Lothian.