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.
Filter your results Hide all filters
Displaying 461 questions Show Answers
Question reference: S6W-26602
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 23 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what work is currently being prioritised by the Centre for Sustainable Delivery, which is based at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital special NHS board.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-26603
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 23 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the comment made by the former Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care to the Scottish Parliament's Health, Social Care and Sport Committee on 16 January 2024 that the Scottish Government is "taking forward a range of work to encourage the adoption of good practice where it has been established in one board", what examples it can provide of such work.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-26605
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 23 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS staff have worked within the HR function of the NHS in each of the last 10 years, also broken down by NHS board.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-26635
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 23 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether NHS boards have been offered sufficient support to implement the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-26293
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it measures any changes in (a) physical activity and (b) sports participation levels in young people from deprived communities, and what measures it has introduced to improve participation.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-26294
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it measures any changes in (a) physical activity and (b) sports participation levels of young women and girls, across all ages and socioeconomic groups, and what measures it has introduced to improve participation.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-26574
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 19 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how often the call wait time for the NHS 24 111 service has been over one hour long in the last year.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-26575
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 19 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any terminated calls to the NHS 24 111 service.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-26572
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 19 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what additional support was made available to allied health professional (AHP) leaders to enable national job planning for individual AHP groups, as recommended within the Allied Health Professions Education and Workforce Policy Review Recommendations, published on 24 February 2023.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-26577
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 19 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time equivalent administrative support posts provide support to consultants across the NHS.