- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 17 June 2021
Question to be taken in Chamber.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 17 June 2021
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 17 June 2021
Question to be taken in Chamber.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 17 June 2021
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 15 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the disturbing events at Euro 2020 with a player experiencing a cardiac arrest on the pitch, whether it will consider subsidising automated external defibrillator purchases for amateur sports grounds.
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Taken in the Chamber on 15 June 2021
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 15 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to a recent survey, which records that more than 2,000 incidents of racism have been reported in schools over the last three years.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 15 June 2021
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 15 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the allegation made by Jim McColl in The Herald on Sunday that £25 million of public money was wasted on the "forced" nationalisation of Ferguson Marine Engineering Ltd.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 15 June 2021
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 May 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what criteria needs to be met in order for all GP surgeries to allow routine face-to-face appointments between GPs and patients.
Answer
General practices are following Public Health Scotland’s advice to reserve face to face appointments in primary care settings for those consultations where the GP decides it is clinically necessary. This is not just to prevent the general transmission of the coronavirus but to protect general practices as medical spaces for patients who have a clinical reason for face to face attendance.
Public Health Scotland's advice is not tied to the levels Scottish local authorities are in. General practices will remain open regardless but will continue to manage face to face appointments consistent with this advice. At present all patients are still able to get an appointment by telephone or video call.
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 May 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what arrangements are in place for individuals whose circumstances require them to receive the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccination in a different UK nation from where they received their first dose.
Answer
Those who change address from any part of the UK after a first vaccination are advised to register with a local General Practitioner (GP) as soon as possible at their new address in order that they become known to their local Health Board. A Community Health Index (CHI) number is generated for new permanent patients. When a clinical record becomes available an appointment will be scheduled and an invitation letter sent out to the patient in line with priority grouping.
Those registered as temporary patients with a GP in Scotland do not have a CHI number generated and records remain within their chosen local practice. In this case we are advise they contact the vaccination helpline on 0800 0308013 (available 8am to 8pm, 7 days a week), indicating in their call that they are from another UK country and are a temporary resident in Scotland. Helpline staff will ask the patient for the necessary information required to allow for Practitioner Service Division (PSD) to create a CHI number and in turn pass their details onto the patient’s local Health Board for an appointment to be scheduled and an invitation letter sent out to the patient.
The Scottish Government is clear that people should be able to be vaccinated where they are currently staying in the UK, even if they are registered with a GP elsewhere. Our understanding is that this reciprocal arrangement is reflected across the four nations. Officials are undertaking work with their four nations counterparts to ensure clear pathways for, and efficient vaccination of, eligible people regardless of their country of GP registration or ordinary residence.
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care will meet with student paramedics from the Pay Student Paramedics campaign in order to discuss the implementation of the student paramedic bursary.
Answer
I welcome an opportunity to engage with the students of the Pay Student Paramedics campaign and officials are in the process of arranging such a meeting.
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS Scotland plans to introduce a less invasive endoscopic procedure and post-operative helmet to treat craniosynostosis, and whether a more time-sensitive referral process to Great Ormond Street Hospital will be implemented if the procedure is not available through the NHS in Scotland.
Answer
Paediatric craniofacial surgery in Scotland is delivered by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde as a national specialist service commissioned by the National Services Division. Within the Board there is an ambition to develop endoscope assisted surgery as part of a wider practice to correct children with skull deformity due to a craniosynostosis. Physicians from the Board had intended to visit a centre in North America to share best practice but the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in this being postponed.
At present the only nationally designated craniofacial service in the UK that is known to offer endoscope assisted surgery is Great Ormond Street Hospital. Whether a patient should be referred to Great Ormond Street Hospital is dependent on individual clinical circumstances. The perioperative follow-up for patients after this procedure is more complicated as reassessment and repeat helmet fittings are required.
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether the bursary for student paramedics will be in place before the start of the next academic year in September.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-00010 on 7 June 2021. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers