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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

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Question reference: S5W-09963

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 26 June 2017
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 20 July 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what universal health checks are carried out on schoolchildren (a) when in the school premises and (b) at other facilities.

The 2005 universal core programme, Health for All Children (Hall4), sets out the minimum routine screening, surveillance and health promotion checks which all children and young people should receive on entry to primary school, in Primary 7 and in secondary school. Children and young people with identified health needs will have a series of reviews throughout school.

The guidance introduces a tiered programme of support and intervention for those children who are vulnerable or are considered to be at risk, empowering health visitors and school nurses to assess the level of support and intervention required according to assessed need.

The guidance places a responsibility on health professionals to work closely with other agencies and services, in particular childcare and early education, to build on existing contacts with children and families.

Routine oral health checks are carried out annually for Primary 1 and Primary 7 children in Scottish Local Authority schools and parents/carers are informed of the oral health status of their child.

Question reference: S5W-09916

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 June 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 July 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will ban or phase out the use of the in-feed treatment, Slice, in salmon farms and, if so, when.

Question reference: S5W-09918

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 June 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 July 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether it was involved in the apparent reversal of the decision made in February 2016 by SEPA to phase out the use of the in-feed treatment, Slice, and, if so, what its involvement was.

Question reference: S5W-09917

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 June 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 July 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what communication it has had from Merck (a) directly or (b) via the Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation on the continued licensing of the in-feed treatment, Slice, for use on salmon farms.

Question reference: S5W-09915

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 June 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 July 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it provided to the Scottish Aquaculture Research Forum Project 098 on the impact of the in-feed treatment, Slice.

Question reference: S5W-09598

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 02 June 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 June 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that integrated joint boards appropriately assess the levels of multimorbidity among people in their areas with (a) arthritis and (b) other similar musculoskeletal conditions.

The Public Bodies (Joint Working)(Scotland) Act 2014 placed a duty on Integration Authorities to develop a 'strategic plan' for integrated functions and budgets under their control.

In 2015, the year before integration went live, the Scottish Government published statutory guidance on strategic commissioning setting out that each Partnership's strategic commissioning plan should be based upon a Strategic Needs Assessment of local people's needs taking account of specific care groups which would include people with arthritis and other long term conditions. Strategic commissioning plans have been published by every Partnership, and we are providing support for their on-going development.

The strategic commissioning plan sets out how partnerships will plan and deliver services for their area over the medium term, using the integrated budgets under their control. Stakeholders must be fully engaged in the preparation, publication and review of the strategic commissioning plan, in order to establish a meaningful co-productive approach, to enable Integration Authorities to deliver the national outcomes for health and wellbeing, and achieve the core aims of integration.

Question reference: S5W-09404

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 May 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 June 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to expand the provision of thrombectomy to stroke patients.

Question reference: S5F-01357

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 June 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 June 2017

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to reports that more than one-in-four GP practices have a vacancy.

Question reference: S5W-09386

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 May 2017
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 June 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-08948 by Humza Yousaf on 9 May 2017, how many of the (a) sea-going and (b) land-based employees of CalMac Ferries Limited reside on the islands served by CalMac.

Question reference: S5W-09262

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 May 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what the timetable is for implementing each of the recommendations of the Review of Access to New Medicines.

The Scottish Government has significantly improved access to new medicines in recent years due to our reforms and investment however we recognise there is more to do. Therefore, we are working at pace, in collaboration with stakeholders, including the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC), NHS, and pharmaceutical industry, to implement the recommendations from Dr Montgomery’s independent review as quickly as possible.