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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: S6W-11407

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 07 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 25 October 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has established the short life working group tasked with undertaking a national review of domiciliary eye care services provision, and, if it has, what the membership of the group is, and when the group last met.

Question reference: S6F-01451

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 24 October 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 October 2022

To ask the First Minister what assistance the Scottish Government is providing to those with complex disabilities to cope with the cost of living crisis.

Question reference: S6O-01450

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 October 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what activities it plans to hold to commemorate 800 years since Dumbarton became a royal burgh.

Question reference: S6W-11409

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 07 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 19 October 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on ME services in each of the last 12 months, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-11412

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 07 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 19 October 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether any research has been commissioned regarding ME/CFS in Scotland following the Priority Setting Partnership's identification, in May 2022, of 10 research priorities for ME/CFS, and, if so, when this research will be carried out, and how much funding has been allocated for this purpose.

The Scottish Government partially funded the creation of a Priority Setting Partnership to agree the top 10 priorities for future research on ME/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and we are considering, with partners, how best we can progress these priority areas in Scotland. To help facilitate this, the Scottish Government’s Chief Scientist Office is currently inputting to a newly-formed UK-wide working group on research into ME/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome through the UK Clinical Research Collaborative.

The Chief Scientist Office operates open competitive funding schemes for applied health research projects and fellowships across the wide range of NHS and health challenges in Scotland. These schemes are open to consideration of applications addressing priorities for research on ME/CFS that have been identified by the recent Priority Setting Partnership. Applications to these schemes are assessed through independent expert peer-review with funding recommendations made by independent expert committees.

Question reference: S6W-11410

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 07 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 19 October 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what ME-specific services are available, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-11408

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 07 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 19 October 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many ME specialist nurses there are, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-11411

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 07 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 19 October 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether any additional resources were made available for ME services following the National Clinical Director's letter to NHS boards, of June 2022, about investment to increase the number of specialist clinics and specialists with expertise in ME.

This information is not centrally held. While the Scottish Government’s role is to set the strategic policy for the NHS in Scotland, NHS Boards and healthcare professionals locally have responsibility for both service delivery and people’s care. NHS Boards are expected to ensure that patients, including those who require care and support for ME/CFS, have access to a range of professionals to provide the appropriate management of their condition.

Given the range of symptoms which can be experienced with ME/CFS, we know there is no ‘one-size fits all’ response and our approach is to support people to access care and support in a setting that is appropriate and as close to their home as is practicable.

Our strengthening of the primary care workforce through recruitment of multi-disciplinary teams is making it easier for people to access this type of care and support. We have now recruited over 3,220 professionals, including community nurses and physiotherapists, with increased funding of £170m in 2022-23 to support further development of multi-disciplinary teams.

Question reference: S6W-11397

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 19 October 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any inequalities within NHS maternity services, and what plans it has to eliminate any such inequalities.

The Scottish Government co-funds and participates in the Perinatal Audit and Perinatal Mortality Review Tool as part of Mothers and Babies, Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries across the UK (MBRRACE-UK).

The Scottish Government continues to support implementation of The Best Start programme, in partnership with senior leaders and clinicians, and evidence suggests that Best Start interventions such as continuity of carer are particularly important for women and babies who may experience inequalities in health outcomes. Scotland has a programme of work underway to tackle racialized inequalities in health outcomes, and NHS maternity services are part of that work. Scotland also participates in the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists’ Race Equality Taskforce .

Question reference: S6W-11403

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 19 October 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has agreed all of the recommendations in the Blake Stevenson report on the new ME/CFS NICE guidelines.