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-14093
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 2 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 enabling people to (a) book/rearrange appointments, (b) order prescriptions, (c) update their details and (d) generally conduct all routine "transactions" online.
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Question reference: S6W-14153
- 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 2 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it is preparing health and care staff to (a) understand and (b) interrogate data-driven (i) recommendations and (ii) decision support tools.
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Question reference: S6W-14240
- 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 2 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13542 by Humza Yousaf on 20 January 2023, whether there are any mandatory e-learning modules or training that are required to be completed for non-executive board members, and, if so, what they are.
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Question reference: S6W-14266
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 2 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13688 by Maree Todd on 23 January 2023, whether it will provide a list of the 35 projects, broken down by (a) the work that each project completed as a result of the funding, (b) how much funding each project was awarded and (c) the area in which each project is based.
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Question reference: S6W-14155
- 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 2 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on artificial intelligence within health and social care since 2017, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S6W-14162
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 2 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what work it has done with (a) the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) (b) Innovation Centres other than DHI, (c) The Scotland 5G Centre, (d) the cyber resilience sector, (e) the Centre for Sustainable Delivery and (f) Public Health Scotland to ensure that Scotland gets maximum benefit from digital health and care.
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Question reference: S6W-14163
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 2 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has invested in (a) the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) (b) Innovation Centres other than DHI, (c) The Scotland 5G Centre, (d) the cyber resilience sector, (e) the Centre for Sustainable Delivery and (f) Public Health Scotland to ensure that Scotland gets maximum benefit from digital health and care.
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Question reference: S6W-14160
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 2 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent in each year on its Turas platform since it was launched, including design and implementation costs.
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Question reference: S6W-14161
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 2 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many staff have used the Turas platform in each year since it was launched.
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Question reference: S6W-14157
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 2 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what it considers the impact of digital technology is on the health and care workforce.
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