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-08465
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many nursing roles have been amalgamated under the neurological care and support strategy.
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Question reference: S6W-08462
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many nursing roles have been affected by the Scottish Government’s neurological care and support strategy.
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Question reference: S6W-08464
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many new nursing roles have been created through the neurological care and support strategy.
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Question reference: S6W-08467
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it is ensuring that the pyramid of support, as outlined in its neurological care and support framework, is effectively implemented for MS patients throughout the Western Isles, in light of reports that such patients often require complex tailored packages of care and support, which may rely on treatment that is unavailable in that area.
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Question reference: S6W-08463
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many MS specialist nurses were in post in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-08416
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 17 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when in 2022 the next iteration of the Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Framework will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-08415
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 17 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the feasibility of achieving the 2024 target for the elimination of hepatitis C.
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Question reference: S6W-08305
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 29 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 12 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of a study in the medical journal, Health Affairs, stating that, in the United States, there were 10% fewer COVID-19-related deaths in unionised, compared with non-unionised, care homes, whether there are similar comparative figures available for Scotland, and, if not, whether it will commit to compiling them.
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Question reference: S6W-08141
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 5 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-07775 by Humza Yousaf on 19 April 2022, for what reason it is reportedly taking a different approach to NHS England.
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Question reference: S6W-07779
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 5 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether its officials were formally directed by any of its ministers to undertake the arrangements necessary for the contract for the production of Hulls 801 and 802 following the advice from officials on the advisability of proceeding with the arrangements for the award of this contract.