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-12117
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05371 by Humza Yousaf on 10 January 2022, which refers to a "regular tripartite forum" that has a focus on junior doctors, what progress has been made in implementing the recommendations from the publication, Junior Doctors - 48-hour Maximum Working Week (Without Averaging): Expert Working Group Report.
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Question reference: S6W-12110
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many whole time equivalent radiographers who were fully qualified to undertake MRI scans there were working in the NHS in the financial year (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20, (c) 2020-21, (d) 2021-22 and 2022-23 to date, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S6W-12104
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many new paramedics will be recruited as part of the £45 million that was committed to in the winter resilience plan.
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Question reference: S6W-12111
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many people who are awaiting inpatient appointments to access orthopaedic procedures have been waiting for over (a) two years, (b) two years and six months and (c) three years.
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Question reference: S6W-12116
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that a large number of junior doctors are considering leaving NHS Scotland due to poor pay and conditions, what steps it is taking to avoid any such situation arising.
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Question reference: S6W-12105
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown by role of the total number of whole time equivalent staff joining NHS 24, as committed to in the winter resilience plan, and how many will be in post by 1 December 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-12107
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of how the £15.1 million investment for NHS 24, as committed to in the winter resilience plan, will be spent.
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Question reference: S6W-12101
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been removed for Primary Care Implementation Plans from each Integration Joint Board as part of the Emergency Budget Review.
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Question reference: S6W-12109
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
- Current Status: Holding Answer by Humza Yousaf on 24 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the new funding that it has provided in the current financial year to recruit additional staff for the NHS, and what the level of overseas recruitment has been.
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Question reference: S6O-01629
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what work it has undertaken to help Homeless Project Scotland find premises in Glasgow.
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