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 whether it will publish figures on deaths from COVID-19 broken down by ethnicity.
To ask the Scottish Government when will it respond to the final report of the Junior Doctors’ 48-hour Expert Working Group.
To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS patients have received treatment in the independent sector during the period of the COVID-19 lockdown.
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance has been given to care homes regarding limiting the transmission of COVID-19 in addition to that published by Health Protection Scotland on personal protective equipment (PPE).
To ask the Scottish Government how many items of personal protective equipment (PPE) have been distributed to care homes by the NHS National Distribution Centre since the COVID-19 outbreak began.
To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS online consultations have taken place in each week since 1 January 2020.
To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of hospital acquired (a) COVID-19, (b) MRSA and (c) C. diff have been recorded in each week since 1 January 2020.
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been tested for COVID-19 via the community hub model since it began operating.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that there have been around 600 more deaths in care homes from COVID-19 than officially recorded.
To ask the Scottish Government what the staff absence rate has been in the care home sector since the COVID-19 outbreak began, and what information it has regarding how many have been absent because they (a) are suspected of having and (b) have the virus.