Questions and answers
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.
- Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
- Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber
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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Question reference: S5W-21575
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 27 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the take-up rate of the flu vaccine has been in each of the last three years, broken down by NHS board, and also expressed as a percentage of those eligible for the vaccine.
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Question reference: S5W-21568
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 27 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve early diagnosis of interstitial lung disease.
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Question reference: S5W-21711
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 27 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what cardiac services are available for children with a heart condition, and how (a) much funding is dedicated and (b) many medical staff are allocated to these services.
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Question reference: S5W-21613
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 27 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5T-01442 by Jeane Freeman on 22 January 2019 (Official Report, c. 3), whether it will provide an update on the review at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital; what the remit of the review will be; what expert advice will be sought, and who has been appointed to participate in the review.
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Question reference: S5W-21616
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 27 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-20842 by Joe FitzPatrick on 16 January 2019, by what date it plans to publish its Respiratory Care Action Plan for Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-21645
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 27 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in light of the reported increase in incidences of bowel cancer in people under 50.
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Question reference: S5W-21646
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 27 February 2019
To as the Scottish Government what action it is taking in light of reports that emergency out-of-hours GP services in Glasgow have been left unstaffed by doctors more than 200 times in the last year.
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Question reference: S5W-21581
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 26 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made with the work of the Scottish Access Collaborative.
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Question reference: S5W-21578
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 26 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many hospital porters vacancies have been advertised by each NHS board on a (a) six-month and (b) other type of contract in each of the last three years, also broken down by how many posts (i) were filled and (ii) not filled each year.
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Question reference: S5W-21580
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 26 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the board of NHS Grampian considering setting up an international office to offset the effects of its reported staffing problems.
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