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 when the £50 million for improving access to mental health services for expectant and new mothers, announced by the First Minister in March 2019, will be allocated to NHS boards.
To ask the Scottish Government whether funding will be allocated by local authorities to deliver commitment 18 of the Alcohol Framework 2018.
To ask the Scottish Government when electronic prescribing will be rolled out nationally in hospitals.
To ask the Scottish Government how many health and social care professionals have completed training on the diagnosis and management of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder since the first session was delivered in 2013, broken down by NHS board, and whether any further training sessions are planned.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on introducing a nationwide model for anti-microbial teams, with a dedicated funding pathway and minimum standards for staffing.
To ask the Scottish Government whether there are any plans to improve the sharing of relevant patient information between primary and secondary care, beyond that which is covered by the Key Information Summary (KIS).
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that integration joint boards engage adequately with third sector partners at the earliest stages of service commissioning in order to ensure that their views are considered as part of the commissioning process.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to increase research into palliative and end of life care, and what funding it has allocated to this in each of the last three years.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on all medical practitioners being required to have an understanding of palliative care, and how it is ensuring that undergraduate medical students receive appropriate education on this issue.