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: S5W-20050
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 5 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on amending the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 to allow NHS boards to agree contracts with community pharmacies to provide vaccinations.
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Question reference: S5O-02641
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 November 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Education and Skills Committee report, Young People's Pathways: a progress report on Developing the Young Workforce.
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Question reference: S5O-02599
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 22 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to ensure that sufficient supplies of pneumococcal vaccine have been made available for all people aged 65 or over.
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Question reference: S5W-19676
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 15 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many GP practices have announced plans to cease to provide general medical services in each NHS board area, in each month since January 2016.
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Question reference: S5W-19675
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 14 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with NHS Grampian following the announcement that Deveron Medical Practice is to cease to provide general medical services in April 2019.
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Question reference: S5W-19237
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 31 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of any issues with the disposal of dangerous hospital waste from NHS boards in Scotland, in light of reports that Healthcare Environment Services Ltd has been stockpiling waste from a number of hospitals in England.
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Question reference: S5W-19109
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 29 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of the reasons for any differences between NHS boards in the uptake rates for breast screening.
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Question reference: S5W-19108
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 29 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the uptake rates for breast screening have been at each NHS board in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-19110
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 29 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to encourage more women to attend breast screening appointments.
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Question reference: S5W-19111
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 29 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the 2016 review by Healthcare Improvement Scotland, which found that nearly 4,000 women had not been sent screening invitations, how many of the women affected attended their follow-up screening appointments when invited.
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