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I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-28205 on‎ 5 July 2024. 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

Today, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) has laid the multidisciplinary team's full report (SG/2024/132) in Parliament. The CMO is also writing to the Convener of the Health, Social Care and Sport committee to set out the findings of the multidisciplinary team. Given the significant interest, the full report and the CMO's letter will also be published on the Scottish Government website later today.

Pre-election guidance prevented this update from being provided in the run-up to the UK General Election, but a commitment was made to Parliament to provide this at the first opportunity after the restricted period ended.

The conclusions of the report will now be considered and used to improve gender identity healthcare for children and young people. The Scottish Government will update Parliament after recess.

SEPA advises that it has issued a total of 255 Section 59 notices between 2005 and 2024. Data from 1996-2004 is not available due to the cyber-attack on SEPA that happened in 2020.

In summer 2022, the Lines Between were commissioned to recruit, support and engage a diverse cross-section of people with chronic pain across Scotland to establish a Pain Management Panel to help inform the Pain Management Implementation Plan. The total cost of the contract with The Lines Between was £40,000 exclusive of VAT. The cost of formatting the report for publication on the Scottish Government website was £516.58.

There have been no costs specifically incurred in supporting the Pain Management Task Force and associated Short Life Working Groups for either the 2022-23, 2023-24 or 2024-25 financial years, beyond the pay of NHS staff and civil servants undertaking this work as a part of their role.

Employment of social workers rests with local authorities and the Scottish Government does not hold any information on numbers of renal social workers.

The Scottish Government has today published its response to the SLARC report and it is available at : https://www.gov.scot/isbn/9781836014898 .

We are committed to discharge this report as soon as reasonably practicable once the Scottish Parliament has reconvened after summer recess.

I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-28273 on‎ 5 July 2024. 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 published pre-election guidance sets out that announcements and publications from the Scottish Government, particularly those including a cross border or reserved element, can have a bearing on the UK general election campaign. Regrettably, in line with the guidance applying during the pre-election period, a decision was made not to publish this report as planned ahead of the Scottish Parliament entering summer recess on 29 June. We are committed to discharge this report as soon as reasonably practicable once the Scottish Parliament has reconvened after summer recess.