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-10433
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is regarding any impact on Scotland of reports that the UK Government will not procure the COVID-19 drug, Evusheld, to treat vulnerable patients this winter.
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Question reference: S6W-10405
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to restore NHS stroke care, specifically the national stroke care bundle, to its pre-COVID-19 pandemic quality service standard.
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Question reference: S6W-10407
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action is being taken by any NHS boards that are currently not meeting the national stroke service standard to achieve the necessary standards of service.
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Question reference: S6W-10434
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether all people who were on the former shielding list are eligible for anti-viral medication for the treatment of COVID-19.
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Question reference: S6W-10435
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether vulnerable people will have access to the drug, Evusheld, to protect against COVID-19 and, if so, when this will become available.
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Question reference: S6W-10450
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that the Department of Health and Social Care has asked NICE to conduct an appraisal of remdesivir, tocilizumab, casirivimab and imdevimab, baricitinib, sotrovimab, molnupiravir, nirmatrelvir and ritonavir, and tixagevimab and cilgavimab for treating people with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the NHS in England, whether it will refer any of these currently available COVID-19 treatments to the Scottish Medicines Consortium.
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Question reference: S6W-10447
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that the Department of Health and Social Care has asked NICE to conduct an appraisal of tixagevimab–cilgavimab, also known as Evusheld, whether it will refer Evusheld to the Scottish Medicines Consortium, in order to ensure that patients in Scotland are able to access this preventative treatment for COVID-19.
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Question reference: S6W-10446
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Department of Health and Social Care regarding the procurement of Evusheld.
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Question reference: S6W-10445
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when NHS Scotland will publish a winter resilience plan.
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Question reference: S6W-10449
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what work it is doing to ensure that pre-exposure prophylactics (PrEP) are available for immunocompromised patients, including people with myeloma, in relation to COVID-19.
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