Questions and answers
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
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S6W-13447
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what work has been undertaken to develop an effective workforce planning system for the health and social care sector that enables the prediction of future capacity and capability requirements, along with the identification of any gaps and pressure points.
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Question reference: S6W-13482
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what work it has done with stakeholders to determine the feasibility of developing multi-year intake numbers for nurse and paramedic training places in order to provide certainty and sustainability for this workforce.
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Question reference: S6W-13508
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has developed a national online portal to support all NHS staff equality networks to share resources, information and support.
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Question reference: S6W-13437
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what emerging technologies it has identified to assist in bridging any gap between service capacity and demand in health and social care, alongside expanding workforce capabilities and expertise.
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Question reference: S6W-13460
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has established the Centre for Workforce Supply within NHS Education for Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-13487
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has published a scoping review of Allied Health Professional (AHP) and Health Care Science (HCS) education; what gaps it has identified in training programmes, and what actions are required to meet future service needs.
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Question reference: S6W-13497
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Scottish National Party manifesto commitment to recruit "1,500 more NHS staff to deliver our elective centre programme and increase specialist capacity", and how many additional staff have been hired through (a) domestic and (b) international recruitment.
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Question reference: S6W-13438
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has completed a needs assessment of available health and social care workforce data and sources, and used this to build recommendations for workforce data collection design, quantity, and quality.
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Question reference: S6W-13470
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to increase the number of undergraduate medical school places.
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Question reference: S6W-13494
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has developed support for international health and social care workers, such as Objective Standard Clinical Examination (OSCE) training, in order to help them gain regulatory body registration in Scotland.