Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 17 June 2026 [Draft]
17 Jun 2026 · S7 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
Planned Housing Growth(Primary Care Service Demand)
Thousands of houses will be built in Edinburgh and the Lothians over the next decade, which will add to the pressure on health services. Will the Scottish Government listen to doctors and patients and change planning law to require property developers to help to fund and build GP surgeries as part of large developments?
In the same item of business
Lloyd Melville (Angus South) (SNP)
SNP
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that national health service boards take account of planned housing growth when assessing f...
The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Care (Angela Constance)
SNP
Integration authorities, which include representatives of NHS boards and local authorities, are responsible for the strategic planning and investment in the ...
Lloyd Melville
SNP
In growing communities such as Monifieth, the issue is often not the approval for the houses but the lag before the health services adjust to the new populat...
Angela Constance
SNP
Public Health Scotland is currently working on revised guidance and an associated data set to support integration authorities and partners to improve populat...
Miles Briggs (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Con)
Con
It has been estimated that, over the past 10 years, NHS Lothian has lost out on more than £200 million of public funding under the Scottish Government’s NHS ...
Angela Constance
SNP
I am happy to discuss the matter further with Mr Briggs. I believe that we have a meeting arranged in the not-too-distant future. I am aware that a number of...
Irshad Ahmed (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Lab)
Lab
Thousands of houses will be built in Edinburgh and the Lothians over the next decade, which will add to the pressure on health services. Will the Scottish Go...
Angela Constance
SNP
As I said in my answer to Lloyd Melville, health boards and local authorities have clear responsibilities with regard to planning. However, I will look at th...