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: S4W-19145
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 21 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how many lung cancer patients are being treated by the NHS.
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Question reference: S4W-19149
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 21 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure equitable access to a lung cancer specialist nurse at the time of diagnosis and guarantee that patients' physical, social and emotional needs, and their treatment options are appropriately assessed and discussed from the outset.
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Question reference: S4W-19152
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 21 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what its position in on the recommendations in the report, Understanding the value of lung cancer nurse specialists.
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Question reference: S4W-19153
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 21 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact on the number of referrals of the recent advertising campaign with Sir Alex Ferguson under its Detect Cancer Early Programme.
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Question reference: S4W-19151
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 21 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what action plans NHS boards have for early diagnosis to improve outcomes for people with lung cancer.
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Question reference: S4W-19154
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 21 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing will meet the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation and the National Lung Cancer Forum for Nurses to discuss their report, Understanding the value of lung cancer nurse specialists.
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Question reference: S4W-19147
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 21 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what the mortality rate is for lung cancer patients and how it compares with the mortality rate for patients with other cancers.
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Question reference: S4W-19146
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 16 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what the average case load is for a lung cancer nurse specialist in each NHS board.
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Question reference: S4O-02764
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 8 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce guaranteed access to wraparound childcare for parents of primary school children.
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Question reference: S4W-18992
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 7 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what the current maximum wait is for a case to go to trial at the (a) Glasgow and (b) Edinburgh domestic abuse court.
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