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-14412
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 9 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to ensure that all episodes of foot ulcers are recorded on the electronic diabetes clinical systems.
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Question reference: S6W-14407
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 9 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what it has done to develop pregnancy-specific quality improvement measures within the diabetes dashboard.
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Question reference: S6W-14365
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 9 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of adults with type 2 diabetes achieved optimal glycaemic (58mmol/mol) control at one year post-diagnosis in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S6W-14338
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 8 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what impact it anticipates the Deposit Return Scheme will have on consumer choice.
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Question reference: S6W-14169
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many new health and care technologies have been tested in a digital testing environment, and which ones have been taken forward for further development or implementation, since 2007.
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Question reference: S6W-14170
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has an assurance process to ensure that health and care digital innovations are developed in an ethical, standards-based way, and, if this is the case, how much was spent on creating it.
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Question reference: S6W-14154
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it is using artificial intelligence to create data-driven recommendations in health and social care.
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Question reference: S6W-14242
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13542 by Humza Yousaf on 20 January 2023, how many non-executive board members have completed the e-learning module on the Public Sector Equality Duty and the Equality Act.
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Question reference: S6W-14241
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13542 by Humza Yousaf on 20 January 2023, whether the e-learning module for non-executive board members on the Public Sector Equality Duty and the Equality Act is mandatory.
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Question reference: S6W-14269
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recommendation in the paper, Transforming Nursing, Midwifery and Health Professions’ Roles: Review of Clinical Nurse Specialist and Nurse Practitioner Roles within Scotland, whether it has commissioned NHS boards to review all clinical nurse specialist roles by undertaking to establish the numbers of nurse specialists who map across to the new definition outlined in the paper.