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: S5W-16682
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 5 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to carry out a further independent review of primary care out-of-hours services, similar to that chaired by Sir Lewis Ritchie.
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Question reference: S5W-16206
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 4 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much additional funding each NHS board has sought in the last financial year due to overspend.
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Question reference: S5T-01113
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 May 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that there are sufficient and substantive interventional radiologists in every major hospital in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-15900
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport has had any discussions since 2016 with the (a) chairman, David Alston, and (b) chief executive, Elaine Mead, regarding concerns with (a) their governance and (b) the board's governance of NHS Highland.
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Question reference: S5O-02092
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 May 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when the cabinet secretary last met officials from The Highland Council.
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Question reference: S5W-15901
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 3 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport has had any discussions since 2016 regarding incorporating the management of NHS Highland with another NHS board.
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Question reference: S5W-15897
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 3 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) internal and (b) external reviews of the board of NHS Highland have been carried out since 2016; on what dates they were carried out; who commissioned them; what the terms of reference were and who decided them; who carried out the reviews; when any review reports were published; what the key recommendations of the reviews were, and when any recommendations (i) were and (ii) will be implemented.
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Question reference: S5W-15899
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 3 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many reviews of NHS Highland that have taken place since 2016 has the chairman of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, John Brown CBE, been involved in; on what dates they were carried out; who commissioned them; what the terms of reference were and who decided them; who carried out the reviews; when any review reports were published; what the key recommendations of the reviews were, and when any recommendations (a) were and (b) will be implemented.
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Question reference: S5O-01901
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 14 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether there are generic descriptions across all NHS boards of A&E departments, primary care emergency centres, urgent care centres and minor injury units.
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Question reference: S5W-14537
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government for how many hours (a) minor injury units and (b) urgent care centres have had to close due to staff shortages in the last three months, broken down by (i) NHS board and (ii) unit or centre.
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