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 its position is on the impact on a person's life of mesh injuries as a result of treatment for stress urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse or hernia, and whether it will support the UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health by writing to the Department for Work and Pensions on this issue.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency not issuing a medical device alert or publishing information for patients reflecting concerns regarding mesh implants, whether it will write to all women who have an implant to provide the most up-to-date information, including a list of possible complication symptoms and who to contact if these occur.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on commissioning an independent national analysis or audit of child and adolescent mental health services.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce the number of people on orthopaedic waiting lists waiting beyond the (a) 18-week referral to treatment, (b) 12-week new outpatient appointment and (c) six-week eight key diagnostic test and investigation standard, and what its position is on allowing these people to receive treatment in other NHS board areas.
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it will work with the City of Edinburgh Council to install dropped kerbs at the Queensberry House entrance.
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what assessment it has carried out of access issues around the Parliament complex.
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what it is doing to improve access for wheelchair users at the Queensberry House entrance.
To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS Lothian orthopaedic patients have been waiting (a) 12 weeks to six months, (b) six months to one year and (c) more than one year to be seen.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5O-02076 by Shona Robison on 9 May 2018, whether it will provide the information that was requested regarding how many GP practices have closed or had their partners resign in the last three years.
To ask the Scottish what its response is to the request by the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) for a high-level summit to be convened to discuss ways to address the alleged culture of sexism in ScotRail.