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-10870
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to reduce the number of emergency blood cancer diagnoses following presentation at accident and emergency departments.
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Question reference: S6W-10869
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with NHS Education for Scotland regarding specific training for primary care staff on identifying symptoms of and diagnosing blood cancer.
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Question reference: S6W-10868
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will include blood cancer-specific questions as part of the next Scottish Cancer Patient Experience Survey, and if this is the case, whether any data collected will be broken down by cancer type to facilitate comparison between blood cancers and solid tumour cancers.
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Question reference: S6W-10401
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of the planning, delivery and measurement of stroke rehabilitation performance in 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-10398
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to findings from the most recent Scottish Stroke Care Audit report that all NHS boards in Scotland are currently failing to meet the stroke care bundle standard.
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Question reference: S6W-10394
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 15 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to prevent the spread of giardiasis, so-called beaver fever, in light of reported plans to introduce beavers into freshwater communities in national park lochs.
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Question reference: S6W-10404
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that NHS Scotland stroke-related services are operating in line with the Stroke Improvement Plan and Scottish Stroke Care Standards.
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Question reference: S6W-10402
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many thrombectomies were performed at each stroke centre in the last year, and how many patients were required to be transferred from another centre due to capacity constraints.
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Question reference: S6W-10397
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to address the reported decline in standards of stroke-related services in NHS Scotland, particularly in the areas of unit admissions and swallow screening.
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Question reference: S6W-10400
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Stroke Improvement Plan has been in place in 2022 and, if so, what successes have been achieved as a result.
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