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
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S6W-13689
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what work it has done with stakeholders to raise awareness of the information and resources available on neurological conditions.
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Question reference: S6W-13531
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have joined the health and social care workforce through national schemes, such as modern apprenticeships, in each year since 2007, broken down by (a) scheme and (b) NHS board.
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Question reference: S6W-13528
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has developed national workforce strategies for the Allied Health Professional (AHP) and Health Care Science (HCS) workforce.
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Question reference: S6W-13543
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to ensure that it actively shares national workforce data and intelligence for use in planning across all aspects of health and social care in order to enable flexible service delivery and more agile ways of working.
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Question reference: S6W-13539
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what work it has done with NHS boards to gain Equally Safe at Work accreditation.
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Question reference: S6W-13530
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the health and social care workforce will grow by 1% over the next five years.
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Question reference: S6W-13540
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has introduced the Flying Finish initiative across all NHS boards in order to help retain older workers.
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Question reference: S6W-13535
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what it has done to build on the work outlined in its Tackling race inequality in employment: statement in order to ensure that NHS Scotland has equitable and inclusive recruitment, retention, representation and promotion practices.
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Question reference: S6W-13445
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what work has been undertaken to model a sustainable cancer workforce by collecting and improving data on the cancer workforce to support sustainable workforce planning.
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Question reference: S6W-13459
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS boards used the supplied funding to host an international recruitment lead.
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