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 cost of locum cover has been for (a) nursing and midwifery staff, (b) consultants, (c) surgical staff and (d) radiologists in each NHS board in each year since 2010-11.
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that a sufficient number of midwives is available.
To ask the Scottish Government what its estimates are of the number of new midwives entering the profession in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.
To ask the Scottish Government how many current (a) midwives have been in post and (b) midwife vacancies there have been for (i) up to and (ii) more than six months.
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have (a) started and (b) completed a midwife training programme in each year since 2007-08.
To ask the Scottish Government how many midwives were aged (a) up to 30, (b) from 31 to 40, (c) from 41 to 50 and (d) 51 and over as of 1 October 2015.
To ask the Scottish Government whether its £55 million loan to the Local Affordable Rented Housing Trust includes Barnett consequentials and, if so, how much.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the finding in Long-term Monitoring of Health Inequalities: October 2014 Report that healthy life expectancy at birth in the 10% most deprived areas in Scotland was 24.3 years lower than in the least deprived areas for men and 22.5 years lower for women.
To ask the Scottish Government how many daycare centres for disabled children there are in each local authority area, and what information it has regarding how many face possible closure because of budget reductions.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to focus more resources and support on downstream activities rather than dealing with issues upstream, in light of the findings in Long-term Monitoring of Health Inequalities: October 2014 Report.