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-14680
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 7 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) meets the needs of people with heart disease, and how it is ensuring the delivery of access to computerised CBT across all cardiac rehabilitation and specialist cardiac nursing services nationally.
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Question reference: S6W-14668
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 7 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to (a) develop and (b) improve data collection for (i) high cholesterol, (ii) high blood pressure and (iii) atrial fibrillation at a (A) national and (B) regional level.
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Question reference: S6W-14671
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what support and investment it has made in the use of proven technology to assist with the (a) detection, (b) tele-monitoring and (c) provision of tailored support for people with heart disease or other cardiac risk factors.
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Question reference: S6W-14693
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the inclusion of patient-reported outcome measures in indicator development.
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Question reference: S6W-14674
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has established referral guidelines for common symptoms of heart disease to support timely access to diagnostics.
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Question reference: S6W-14675
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what innovative models of care for cardiac diagnostics it has piloted since 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-14678
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking with NHS Education for Scotland (NES) to develop rehabilitation resources to ensure that quality information and training about cardiac rehabilitation is available to health professionals.
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Question reference: S6W-14687
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to develop a sustainable training and education pathway for cardiac physiology.
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Question reference: S6W-14688
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, to support nationally agreed pathways of care, what action it is taking to produce a nationally-agreed competency framework for health care professionals who provide care for people with heart disease.
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Question reference: S6W-14682
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, as part of the implementation of the mental health transition and recovery plan, what action it is taking to promote the needs of people who have been bereaved by sudden cardiac death.
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