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 which GP practices have come under the control of their NHS board in each year since 2011-12, also broken down by reason.
To ask the Scottish Government what the reasons are for the difference between the success rates in meeting the 2015 target for achieving the Scottish Housing Quality Standard reported to the Scottish Housing Regulator by social landlords and those recorded by the Scottish House Condition Survey.
To ask the Scottish Government whether any so-called GP Deep End practices have taken up an NHS Education for Scotland Health Inequalities Fellowship.
To ask the Scottish Government (a) what the budget has been and (b) how many people have applied for a (i) Rural Fellowship, (ii) Medical Education Fellowship, (iii) Health Inequality Fellowship and (iv) Occupational Medicine Fellowship in general practice through NHS Education for Scotland in each year since 2007-08.
To ask the Scottish Government in how many instances it has provided financial support to each NHS board in each year since 2011-12 and how much.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-26331 by Shona Robison on 13 July 2015, how many people referred outwith their local NHS board have been reimbursed for their travel expenses, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) rate of reimbursement in each year since 2010-11.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the findings in the Audit Scotland report, NHS in Scotland 2015, that the NHS will not be able to provide services in the way that it currently does, and for what reasons it considers that these findings were reached.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-26331 by Shona Robison on 13 July 2015, what information it has on how many (a) patients and (b) visitors travelled (i) up to 30, (ii) from 31 to 60 and (iii) more than 60 miles by road to reach the site outwith their local NHS board.
To ask the Scottish Government what actions it will take to tackle problems in recruiting and retaining permanent staff in the NHS, as highlighted in the Audit Scotland report, NHS in Scotland 2015, and when.
To ask the Scottish Government what it has done in response to the conclusions of the Ministerial Task Force on Health Inequalities in 2012 that "despite much commitment and resource, the scale of health inequalities had not reduced".