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.
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To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on introducing a system that will allow people to report adverse reactions to therapies, similar to the Yellow Card scheme that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) operates for adverse reactions to medicines and medical products.
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment the Chief Medical Officer has made of the evidence submitted to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) by people with ME regarding harm that they claim they have experienced from graded exercise therapy.
To ask the Scottish Government whether every school will have a mental health counsellor in place before the start of the 2020-21 term.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the importance of youth work in the lives of young people, what it is doing to support the recommencement of face-to-face youth work.
To ask the Scottish Government on what dates ministers saw the plans produced by regional resilience chairs following the Silver Swan exercise.
To ask the Scottish Government how many mental health counsellors are working in schools, broken down by local authority, and what percentage of schools in each local authority have a mental health counsellor working in them.
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on young people’s mental health.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of considering the establishment of a national care service in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, whether it is considering establishing a national general practice service and, if so, what work it has carried out regarding this.
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to provide long-term support to local media outlets.
To ask the Scottish Government what information has been recorded regarding the length of time between a patient first presenting with suspected COVID-19 and them being admitted to hospital.