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-11021
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what mechanisms are in place to review care provided against the recommendations of Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) guideline 123.
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Question reference: S4W-11022
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how NHS boards are supported and encouraged to implement Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) guideline 123.
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Question reference: S4W-11042
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 22 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Audit Scotland report, NHS financial performance 2011/12, is correct in stating that the overall health budget "has been decreasing in real terms since 2009/10 and is projected to decrease further in real terms for the next three years”.
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Question reference: S4W-11046
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 22 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how many and which NHS boards are repaying financial support and what the repayment profile is in each case.
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Question reference: S4W-11045
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 22 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has agreed or anticipates having to agree to provide additional financial support for any NHS board for 2012-13 to enable it to stay within its revenue resource limit.
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Question reference: S4W-11040
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 22 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the scale of risk of the NHS maintenance backlog of over £1 billion as outlined in the Audit Scotland report, NHS financial performance 2011/12.
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Question reference: S4W-11059
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will respond to the recommendations in the Scottish Diabetes Think Tank report, Diabetes in Scotland: A Transition to Better Care.
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Question reference: S4W-11060
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how the transition for young people with diabetes from paediatric to adult services is delivered.
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Question reference: S4W-11067
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 22 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what diabetes services (a) there are at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children (Yorkhill) and (b) are planned for the new South Glasgow Children's Hospital.
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Question reference: S4W-11047
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 22 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how much each NHS board (a) returned as a capital receipt and (b) retained as a profit from the sale of assets (i) in 2011-12 and (ii) to 1 October 2012.
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