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.
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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To ask the Scottish Government whether it will ask the Care Inspectorate to review how DNACPR (do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation) notices have been applied during the COVID-19 pandemic.
To ask the Scottish Government whether its policies and guidance on care homes during the COVID-19 crisis have breached the public sector equality duty.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recent report by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission on embedding equality into decisions and processes affecting older people in care homes in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government whether any lack of involvement of care home residents in their care during the COVID-19 pandemic is a breach of their human rights.
To ask the Scottish Government whether any application of DNACPR (do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation) notices on people’s care plans against their wishes or without their consent is a breach of their human rights.
To ask the Scottish Government whether any restriction imposed on care home residents (a) visiting others and (b) leaving their home is a breach of their human rights.
To ask the Scottish Government whether the alleged involvement of Sri Lankan police (a) at an incident at a Tamil war memorial at the University of Jaffna on 8 January 2021 and (b) in the reported mistreatment of six Tamil farmers from Batticaloa on 11 January 2021 raises any concerns for it in terms of Police Scotland's provision of community training for Sri Lankan police officers.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the use of neuroelectric therapy for the treatment of addiction; what independent analysis it has commissioned of this approach, and what information it has regarding how many people in each NHS board area have received such treatment.
To ask the Scottish Government when COVID-19 home test kits will be available to all those who request one.
To ask the Scottish Government when it will review the equalities provisions of the National Care Homes Contract.