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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To ask the Scottish Government whether a revised Addiction Prevalence Testing (APT) by the Scottish Prison Service remains set to be introduced in late 2021.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to a University of Aberdeen study that suggested that there was evidence of potential for an opioid problem associated with the influence of COVID-19 on elective orthopaedic services to emerge.
To ask the Scottish Government how much sportscotland has invested in each local authority area (a) in each year since 2012-13 and (b) since April 2021.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the roll-out of the new digital platform to support group treatments and therapies for patients experiencing mental ill health.
To ask the Scottish Government how many consultant psychiatrists there are across all Mental Health and Learning Disability (MHLD) services in each NHS board, and what the cost has been of using locum consultant psychiatrists for MHLD services in each NHS board in each of the last 12 months.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its publication, Whole School Approach Framework for Schools to Support Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing, what action it is taking to support teachers to become Mental Health First Aiders, and how this will be facilitated if training is not allowed to take place virtually.
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Scottish Prison Service regarding the reported tampering of mobile phones used by prisoners, and what the outcome was.
To ask the Scottish Government what child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) replaced the Lowit Unit at the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital, which closed in 2014, and what analysis it has carried out of their effectiveness.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report, LISTEN – Experiences of NHS Tayside Mental Health Services, which recorded that 58% of the 286 people surveyed were “not confident” NHS Tayside could take care of their mental health needs.
To ask the Scottish Government how many mobile phones have been confiscated from prisoners in HMP and YOI Grampian in each month since they were issued in 2020.