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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.

  • Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
  • Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 15 March 2025
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Question reference: S6W-28156

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 13 June 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 25 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, what its response is to the reported projections in the Royal College of Radiologists’ 2023 Clinical Oncology Workforce Census that the shortfall of clinical oncologists could rise to 22%, or 29 oncology consultants, by 2028.

Question reference: S6W-28164

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 13 June 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 25 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to address any regional disparities in the number of clinical oncologists, in light of estimates from the Royal College of Radiologists that the North of Scotland has just five consultant oncologists per 100,000 of the older population, compared with 6.2 per 100,000 of the older population nationally.

Question reference: S6W-28161

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 13 June 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 21 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it would consider working with (a) NHS Scotland, (b) the Royal College of Radiologists and (c) the Association of Cancer Physicians to develop a recruitment campaign to attract trainees to oncology training posts.

Question reference: S6W-28158

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 13 June 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 21 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the estimates from the Royal College of Radiologists that 20% of clinical oncology consultants and 18% of clinical radiology consultants are forecast to retire in the next five years, what plans it has to retain more clinical oncologists and radiologists in the workforce.

Question reference: S6W-28160

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 13 June 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 21 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to ensure that NHS boards have sufficient funding to maintain and expand the number of training places that they offer for clinical oncology and clinical radiology trainees.

Question reference: S6W-28157

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 13 June 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 21 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to increase specialty training places for clinical radiology and clinical oncology to avoid the shortfalls of 36% and 22% respectively by 2028, as projected by the Royal College of Radiologists.

Question reference: S6W-27823

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 June 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether any of the files that were stolen in the recent reported cyber attack on NHS Dumfries and Galloway contained patient data that is normally held nationally.

Question reference: S6W-27826

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 June 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reported comments that “it is important to note that the incident remains contained to NHS Dumfries and Galloway and there have been no further incidents across NHS Scotland as a whole,” whether any information stolen in the cyber attack is contained to only NHS Dumfries and Galloway patients.

Question reference: S6W-27825

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 June 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether any data that has reportedly been published on the dark web in the recent cyber attack on NHS Dumfries and Galloway contains any patient information, which would normally be held nationally, and, if so, what data was published.

Question reference: S6W-27824

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 June 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether all of the reported data stolen from NHS Dumfries and Galloway, and others in the recent cyber attacks, have now been placed on the dark web.