- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 August 2020
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 8 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has called on the UK Government to exempt the NHS Scotland Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme from the capital rules for reserved social security benefit entitlement.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-31452 on 8 September 2020. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 August 2020
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 8 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that dental practices have access to sufficient and appropriate PPE.
Answer
We’ve worked with NHS Scotland procurement teams to ensure a robust and sustainable supply of PPE is available to NHS dental practices including the supply of 15 million pieces of PPE and 850,000 FFP3 respirators to support Scotland’s dental community.
Each Board has a proactive rolling programme of fit-testing for FFP3 masks underway with every practice requiring a fit test for the dental team. Critically, the PPE – supplied free of charge by our NHS – enables dentists to carry out urgent and emergency care while ensuring the safety of patients, dentists, and all dental staff.
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 September 2020
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 8 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recent rise in COVID-19 cases to a level not seen since May 2020.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 8 September 2020
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 July 2020
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 26 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of required staff working with cancer patients were tested in the first week of COVID-19 testing, which commenced on 8 July 2020.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-30742 on 26 August 2020. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 July 2020
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 26 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS staff working with cancer patients have been tested for COVID-19 since 8 July 2020, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
Health Boards have commenced routine testing of healthcare workers in key areas (oncology, long stay elderly care and mental health wards where the length of stay is over three months). This includes staff working on Specialist Cancer Wards and Treatment Areas.
The Scottish Government has been working closely with Health Boards to develop key data on the testing of NHS staff to ensure robust and reliable information. We are working to resolve a number of technical and data management issues before we can be assured the data is robust and able to be published.
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 August 2020
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 25 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when indoor youth activities such as dance classes will be able to resume and what scientific advice underpins any ongoing restrictions.
Answer
As the First Minister outlined in her statement on 20 August 2020 the date for the reopening of indoor sport and leisure facilities is 31 August with physical distancing and enhanced hygiene measures in place. This will allow children under 12 to take part in all dancing activity with people older than 12 being able to take part in non-contact dance activity. The indicative date for contact dancing for all ages is 14 September.
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 August 2020
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 25 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what the scientific basis is for maintaining the restrictions on access to mobile complementary therapies that were imposed in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, and by what date it expects these services will be able to resume.
Answer
The clinical Professional Advisory Group advised that where close contact services are provided in a fixed premises it is possible for the service provider to maintain control of the environment, ensuring appropriate cleaning and other measures are in place to protect both workers and their customers. Work performed in customers’ homes carries additional risks that must be appropriately considered before mobile Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) services can resume. Further guidance is being developed to ensure that these services can recommence as soon as it is safe to do so.
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 August 2020
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 26 August 2020
Question to be taken in Chamber.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 26 August 2020
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Current Status:
Withdrawn
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 July 2020
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 10 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it will put in place to prevent further mass culling of mountain hares when the mountain hare closed season ends on 1 August 2020.
Answer
The Scottish Government has always been clear that any large-scale culling that threatens the conservation status of mountain hares is not acceptable.
However, as I stated during the stage 3 debate in Parliament there are a number of issues that must be fully considered ahead of the introduction of a licensing regime. I am now giving careful thought as to how that regime will work and when the protection will come into force and I will be discussing that in detail with stakeholders over the coming months.
We will be following the situation carefully for any indication of attempts to carry out excessive culls and will take steps to address this if necessary.