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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: S5W-22502

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 April 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 24 April 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the number of (a) hospital consultants, (b) GPs, (c) dentists and (d) all NHS staff per 100,000 people in (i) Scotland, (ii) England and (iii) Wales.

NHS ISD collate statistics on the number of hospital consultants, GP's, dentists and all NHS staff for NHS Scotland only. Statistics on the number of hospital consultants, GP's, dentists and all NHS staff for England and Wales are collected by NHS Digital and StatsWales respectively.

a) According to the latest available published information, the number of hospital consultants in Scotland per 100,000 population is 101 WTE (whole or full-time equivalent), compared to 86 WTE in England and 81 WTE in Wales.

b) According to the latest available published information, the number of GP’s in Scotland per 100,000 population is 92 (headcount), compared to 73 (headcount) in England and 70 (headcount) in Wales.

c) According to the latest available published information, the number of dentists in Scotland per 100,000 population is 68 (headcount), compared to 44 (headcount) in England and 47 (headcount) in Wales.

d) According to the latest available published information, the number of all NHS staff in Scotland per 100,000 population is 2,594 WTE (whole or full-time equivalent), compared to 1,952 WTE in England and 2,493 WTE in Wales.

Question reference: S5W-22501

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 April 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 24 April 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the number of qualified nurses and midwives per 100,000 people in (a) Scotland, (b) England and (c) Wales.

NHS ISD collate statistics on the number of qualified nurses and midwives per 100,000 population for NHS Scotland only. Statistics on the number of qualified nurses and midwives for England and Wales are collected by NHS Digital and StatsWales respectively.

According to the latest available published information, the number of qualified midwives in Scotland per 100,000 population is 45 WTE (whole or full-time equivalent), compared to 39 WTE in England and 43 WTE in Wales.

According to the latest available published information, the number of qualified nurses in Scotland per 100,000 population is 771 WTE (whole or full-time equivalent), compared to 518 WTE in England and 688 WTE in Wales.

Question reference: S5O-03142

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 April 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how it promotes tourism in the Cowdenbeath constituency.

Question reference: S5O-03001

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 March 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the operation of the town centre fund.

Question reference: S5W-21860

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Ben Macpherson on 28 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the work of the Expert Advisory Group on Migration and Population established in October 2018.

The Expert Advisory Group on Migration and Population has completed work in response to my initial commission that they investigate the impact of migration policy changes on areas of devolved responsibility in Scotland, and I have received their report. I am publishing that report today, and it will be available online at http://www.gov.scot/ISBN/9781787815599 . I will be making a Ministerial Statement in the Chamber this afternoon.

Question reference: S5O-02949

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the SEPA/HSE report regarding the Mossmorran petrochemical plant.

Question reference: S5O-02930

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on a new health centre for Lochgelly.

Question reference: S5O-02888

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on out-of-hours urgent care in NHS Fife.

Question reference: S5O-02698

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2018
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 13 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how it promotes the protection of mining heritage in Fife.

The support for promotion and conservation of Scotland’s heritage is a key function for a number of Scotland’s publicly funded bodies, including Historic Environment Scotland, Museums Galleries Scotland, National Museums Scotland and Scotland’s Industrial Museums. The National Mining Museum in Newtongrange, for example, promotes the history of mining and mining heritage sites across Scotland, including from Fife.

Question reference: S5W-20123

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2018
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 5 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to improve take-up of the bowel cancer home testing kit in Fife.

The Scottish Government is committed to working with all NHS boards to increase the early detection of cancer.

A number of initiatives are underway to help improve early detection rates of bowel cancer, including:

(a) A new bowel screening test - FIT - was introduced to the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme in November 2017 which those eligible for screening in NHS Fife will now be receiving and benefiting from. The easier single-sample test is believed to be helping boost participation in bowel screening, which remains the most effective way to find bowel cancer early.

(b) Public awareness of early signs and symptoms is key to driving early stage diagnoses and ultimately improving cancer outcomes for people in NHS Fife. A new Detect Cancer Early campaign was launched in September this year to reduce fear around cancer and empower people to act early