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.
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To ask the Scottish Government what the long-term plan is for the Connected Communities network.
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it (a) has introduced and (b) is planning to introduce to encourage NHS staff to raise concerns regarding the quality of care provided by NHS Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider requiring all NHS boards to develop, publish and promote policies aimed at engaging with staff while understanding and responding to their professional concerns.
To ask the Scottish Government how it is encouraging NHS boards to be proactive in relation to the risk assessment of patient care.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider working with NHS boards, the General Medical Council and other stakeholders to introduce measures in medical education and training that are designed to prevent bullying in NHS Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is (a) providing and (b) planning to provide to train NHS medical staff who wish to progress into senior management positions.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider a streamlined NHS patients’ complaints procedure that has less emphasis on process, is designed to eliminate defensiveness and ensures that complaints are considered independently in an open and sensitive manner.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to encourage NHS medical staff to develop career paths that will lead them into senior NHS management positions.
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it (a) has introduced and (b) is planning to introduce to protect NHS staff from career-damaging recrimination should they raise concerns regarding the quality of care provided by NHS Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government how it is working with NHS boards to develop more meaningful performance indicators that are centred on quality of care rather than on financial or activity performance targets.