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The Scottish Government continues to support the Centre for Sustainable Delivery in updating their national headache pathway for Scotland, which was launched last year, which will help to improve care for migraines and headache.

The Scottish Government received no requests for funding to support Migraine Awareness Week 2024. No funding was provided.

Scottish Government’s Fair Work policy sets out actions to promote fair and inclusive workplaces across Scotland. Becoming a 'fair work employer' includes creating a healthy and safe environment where individuals' wellbeing is actively supported.

Scottish Government supports employers to do this via several interventions, including:

• Providing occupational health support for employers via Health Scotland's Healthy Working Lives website and Working Health Services Scotland. Access to occupational health can help enable early intervention and personalised support where required.
• Promoting flexible and hybrid working by providing over £1.1 million in funding through Fair Work and Social Innovation Partnership budgets. Flexible working practices can help people to manage their condition without dropping out of the workplace and incurring a loss of income.

Those who experience a substantial and long-term impact on their lives due to migraine have a right under the Equality Act 2010 to have their employer make reasonable adjustments in the workplace.

Our records indicate that since 2021:

a) The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has not met with the Migraine Trust.

b) The former Minister for Public Health, Women’s Health & Sport, Maree Todd MSP, met with the Migraine Trust once.

The current Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health, Jenni Minto MSP, has met with the Migraine Trust three times.

c) The Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport has not met with the Migraine Trust.

Discussions between the former and current Minister for Public Health, Women’s Health & Sport and the Migraine Trust have focussed on the charity’s activities and publications and more generally the improvement of care in Scotland for those with migraine.

The most recent Ministerial engagement with the Migraine Trust was 20 August 2024, when the Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health visited NHS Grampian to learn more about the collaborative project undertaken between the charity and the health board.

The Scottish Government does not hold information on numbers of patients travelling and the means of travel. However we are aware of an increase in travel on the sound of Harris Ferry following changes to the Benbecula Stornoway air service in April 2024.

As you may be aware, at the meeting to consider Access to Health Services in the Western Isles on 21 August, it was agreed to establish a working group, led by HITRANS, to consider ways to improve the patient experience.

At the first meeting of this group, NHS Western Isles and CalMac confirmed that they are working together to minimise issues for patients using ferry travel through a block booking of 2 cars per day for NHS Wester Isles patients. It was noted that monitoring of capacity and demand is ongoing by NHS Western Isles and CalMac will consider an increase in pre booked spaces if required.

The Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2023 was originally scheduled for publication in September 2024. This publication was delayed until November 2024 as a result of an unscheduled revision of previous years data for the United Kingdom by the Marine Management Organisation. Our publication includes fishing data from the Marine Management Organisation for the rest of the UK. We therefore needed to delay our publication. We are hoping to publish the Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2023 in late November or early December 2024. The exact date will be confirmed by the end of October 2024.

More detail on the data revision by the Marine Management Organisation, which was published on 8 October 2024, is available at: UK Sea Fisheries Statistics: Unscheduled Corrections - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The Scottish Government has no plans to recommission the Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS), as it was integrated into the Health and Wellbeing Census in 2021-22.

The Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS) was integrated into the Health and Wellbeing Census in 2021-22. A link to the Health and Wellbeing Census is provided here:

Health and Wellbeing Census Scotland 2021- 2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

The minimum number of road workers that are required to be onsite at the A83 Rest and Be Thankful is 5 and 6 at the Old Military Road.

The cycle time is around 20 minutes although this can vary depending on how busy it is or if there are breakdowns or the like.

There have been no occasions where there have been insufficient staff to operate the convoy.