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
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Question reference: S6W-05676
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the appointment from within the Chief Nursing Officer's Directorate of a lead for Scottish stoma clinical nurse specialists.
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Question reference: S6W-05542
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether employers using agency staff are responsible for providing COVID-19 tests for such staff, or whether this is the responsibility of the agency staff themselves.
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Question reference: S6W-05547
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve awareness of heart valve disease among (a) primary care professionals and (b) the public.
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Question reference: S6W-05546
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review heart valve disease services in order to identify areas of excellence and construct patient pathways.
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Question reference: S6W-05486
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-04701 by Humza Yousaf on 23 December 2021, whether it will provide the information requested regarding when a case note review was carried out for the case of Andrew Slorance at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, and for what reason it did not provide this information in its answer.
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Question reference: S6W-05549
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether digital stethoscopes are available for primary care practitioners to assist with the detection of heart disease during virtual consultations.
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Question reference: S6W-05522
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will make all people on the shielding list eligible for anti-viral medication if they get COVID-19.
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Question reference: S6W-05779
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to reduce the reported inequality gap in diabetes-related health outcomes.
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Question reference: S6W-05780
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to address the reported increase in cases of people with diabetes.
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Question reference: S6W-05778
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of diabetic ketoacidosis have been diagnosed and, of these, how many resulted in the death of the patient, in each year since 2017-18, and what its position is on whether there are any disparities in these data between disadvantaged and more affluent geographical areas.