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-05554
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government who is collating data on transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) procedures, following its reported withdrawal from the National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR).
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Question reference: S6W-05567
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-04701 by Humza Yousaf on 23 December 2021, whether the case note review carried out by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, regarding the care of Andrew Slorance, has been shared with his wife.
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Question reference: S6W-05562
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is implementing the European Stroke Organisation's Action Plan for Stroke in Europe 2018–2030, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
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Question reference: S6W-05681
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the current ratio is of people who need stoma care to specialist stoma nurses in NHS Scotland, and what assessment it has made of how this compares with the ratio in the NHS elsewhere in the UK.
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Question reference: S6W-05678
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment has been made of how NHS Education for Scotland (NES) can work with the Scottish Stoma Nurse Forum to develop a framework of post-graduate educational and clinical preparation requirements for stoma care nurses, in line with the NES Career Development Framework and the Chief Nursing Officer Directorate's Transforming Roles Programme.
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Question reference: S6W-05675
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time equivalent stoma care clinical specialist nurses are currently employed by NHS Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-05682
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress on the implementation of a Once for Scotland care model and improved care services for people who require stoma care.
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Question reference: S6W-05724
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to undertake a review of financial decision-making within the social care sector since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, including (a) how public finances were used for social care, (b) the decision-making processes for resource allocation and (c) the impact that decisions have had on people accessing support.
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Question reference: S6W-05722
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 28 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what support is in place for people who live independently but who do not have the capacity to administer COVID-19 lateral flow tests themselves.
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Question reference: S6W-05532
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many retired medical professionals have returned to work in the NHS during the 2021-22 winter period.