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
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Question reference: S6W-31411
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government in what ways it is increasing the number of locally accessible education routes for healthcare professions in rural and remote settings.
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Question reference: S6W-31412
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recommendations in the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee report, Remote and Rural Healthcare Inquiry, what action it is taking to increase the number of so-called earn as you learn opportunities.
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Question reference: S6W-31414
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the evidence in the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee report, Remote and Rural Healthcare Inquiry, how many people training in allied health professional roles it estimates have been required to move out of rural and remote areas to complete their training, in each year since 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-31415
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recommendations in the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee report, Remote and Rural Healthcare Inquiry, what steps it will take to ensure that people training in allied health professional roles within rural and remote settings are able to remain in their place of work to complete their training.
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Question reference: S6W-31409
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recommendations in the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee report, Remote and Rural Healthcare Inquiry, what action it will take to improve the (a) availability, (b) suitability and (c) flexibility of local (i) training and (ii) development opportunities in remote and rural areas.
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Question reference: S6W-31420
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of three- to five-year-olds within (a) Argyll and Bute Council, (b) Highland Council, (c) Moray Council, (d) Orkney Islands Council, (e) Shetland Islands Council, (f) Comhairle nan Eilean Siar and (g) Scotland have received 1,140 hours of funded (i) early learning and (ii) childcare in each year since the policy was introduced.
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Question reference: S6W-31429
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the evidence in the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee report, Remote and Rural Healthcare Inquiry, what its response is to the statement that the current GP contract is “impossible for remote and rural practices to deliver and was not geared towards supporting the delivery of an independent contractor model in a remote and rural context”.
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Question reference: S6W-31402
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to increase breast health awareness.
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Question reference: S6W-31427
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many GP practices within NHS (a) Highland, (b) Western Isles, (c) Orkney, (d) Shetland and (e) Grampian have operated under a so-called 17J contract in each year since 2018.
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Question reference: S6W-31435
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many travelling consultants there have been within NHS (a) Highland, (b) Western Isles, (c) Orkney, (d) Shetland and (e) Grampian in each year since 2021.
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