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NHS National Services Scotland provides national logistics services to all Health Boards. Currently the KPIs record the availability of product, as well as the on-time delivery of product. It does not differentiate between patient groups as the delivery is to wards, departments and other endpoints.

National Procurement’s delivery statistics show that they are achieving over 99% of deliveries made on time and in full. Products in the community and care homes are purchased directly from suppliers, and managed, by Health Boards.

There were 10,524 bed days attributed to delay reason 25E (Awaiting completion of care arrangements in order to live in their own home – awaiting procurement/delivery of equipment/adaptations fitted) during the past 12 months (Dec 2024 – Nov 2025). There were 705,865 delayed discharge bed days during this time. This represents 1.5% of the total occupied bed days associated with a delayed discharge.

Please note, a discharge may be delayed for multiple reasons, and the reason for delay reflects only:

• the principal reason for delay recorded at the discharge date for delay episodes with a discharge date, or
• the principal reason for delay recorded as at the date the monthly data extract is taken, for delay episodes without a discharge date.

Products are supplied via the NHS National Services National Procurement Framework NP57123. The framework provides a range of products for the bladder and bowel and is not a limiting factor to local health board formularies/availability.

Clinical leads can review when assessing patients’ needs and are able to prescribe the appropriate product based on clinical need, and subject to local health board governance.

Health Boards have published their own guidance material on bladder and bowel health, which provides detail on how these arrangements can be managed.

I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-43133 on 27 January 2026. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers.

To protect the integrity of the decision-making process, and to adhere to the Ministerial Code, it is important that Ministers do not comment on live applications.

Decisions made by Scottish Ministers are done so on the basis of collective responsibility. All decisions reached by the Scottish Ministers, individually or collectively, are binding on all members of the Government.

I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-43110 on 27 January 2026. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers.

I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-43110 on 27 January 2026. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers.

The full grounds for Scottish Ministers' decisions are set out in the decision letter which is publicly available online on the Energy Consents Unit portal. There are no plans to change this approach.

The allocation of ministerial portfolios and responsibilities is a matter for the First Minister.

SEPA recently completed an update to their National Flood Risk Assessment. This was summarised in their December 2025 National Flood Risk Assessment 2025 report.

The report includes data on the number of properties at risk in a medium risk current day scenario* and the number of properties at risk in 2100 under a medium risk climate change scenario**. These are broken down by local authority and residential/non residential properties in Table B, rather than split by property type. Local authority distribution of flood risk in the appendix of the report. A subset of relevant data from that table is replicated below.

SEPA plan to publish more detailed data in March 2026.