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-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.
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Question reference: S6W-14268
- 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 advanced clinical nurse specialists have been included within the Advanced Practice Academies.
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Question reference: S6W-14267
- 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, further to the answer to question S6W-13531 by Humza Yousaf on 23 January 2023, given that the information requested is not held centrally, how it will monitor the impact of its commitment in the National Workforce Strategy for Health and Social Care in Scotland to provide "support for those wishing to join the health and social care workforce through increased use of national schemes such as modern apprenticeships".
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Question reference: S6W-14270
- 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, what work it has undertaken to support the development of a generic Level 6 clinical nurse specialist/ specialist nurse practitioner job description, and what impact any such work has had on supporting national consistency.
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Question reference: S6W-14271
- 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, what work it has undertaken to support the development of a Level 7 advanced clinical nurse specialist job description, and what impact any such work has had on supporting national consistency.
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Question reference: S6W-14272
- 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, what work it has undertaken to explore how to position education for both the nurse practitioner/ advanced nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist/ advanced clinical nurse specialist within the education and career pathway.
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Question reference: S6W-13993
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the commitment in its Digital Health and Care Strategy, how much it has spent on developing a fully interactive "Front Door" for health and care services.
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Question reference: S6W-14336
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13469 by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023, how many of those places were taken by (a) international and (b) domestic students.
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Question reference: S6W-14377
- 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 7 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of people with diabetes have been recorded as having attended structured education within six months of diagnosis in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S6W-14378
- 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 7 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of people with diabetes have achieved optimal glycaemic control, defined as <58mmol/mol in adults and <48mmol/mol in children, at one year post diagnosis in each year since 2007.