Health Secretary Jeane Freeman confirms that the service will be fully operational from April this year.

Should diagnosis times be reduced with this, asks Mr Gibson.

Reducing times should be, and is, a key priority, but we recognise that differing symptoms can be a problem, the minister answers.

We've invested in a University research project to help, she adds.

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"It's taken three different hospitals and countless GPs and gynaecology specialists to get to this point. I'd like women to see that it is worth pushing and fighting, no matter what, and not to give up."

Megan is one of the estimated one-and-a-half million women in the UK living with endometriosis - where cells like those that line the womb develop in other parts of the body. It can cause painful and heavy periods, as well as infertility, fatigue and bowel and bladder problems.

The condition made headlines recently when Girls TV series writer and actress Lena Dunham announced her decision to undergo a hysterectomy at the age of 31.

Megan, now 28, wanted to tell her story during Endometriosis Awareness Week, external about the bad - and now the good - treatment she has had.

Read more here.

SNP MSP Kenneth Gibson asks the Scottish government whether it can confirm that the new accredited specialist endometriosis unit will open in Glasgow in April 2019.

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Health and sport ministers are quizzed by MSPs during portfolio questions.

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Lib Dem MSP Liam McArthur says the corporate body values the contribution of all staff.

Mr McArthur adds staff will reflect on the parliament over the last 20 years in a newsletter.

Ms Grahame asks if there is to be a modest birthday bash with MSPs being invited, can we invite staff too as we act as a team.

They will be invited to the celebration on 29 June confirms Mr McArthur.

SNP MSP Christine Grahame asks the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how it will mark the contribution to the Parliament of staff past and present who were here in 1999.

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After Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Questions, MSPs will quiz health and sport ministers during portfolio questions.

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The Scottish government will then lead a debate on land reform in Scotland.

The debate follows two pieces of legislation brought in by the SNP government

1. Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015, external made various changes addressing community rights in relation to land
2. The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016, external established the Scottish Land Commission and made provision for various changes to land ownership and management

Communities Minister Aileen Campbell starts by thanking everyone for their light-hearted approach today.

She says it's right we recognise the benefits of the movement, saying there are close to 170 Men's Sheds in Scotland today.

Tackling social isolation is one of the main benefits, as well as improving physical and mental health, she says.

The Scottish Government supplies £75,000 in core funding to the movement, Ms Campbell states, but this is about supporting a grassroots movement, not about providing a blueprint.

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