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 an equality impact assessment (EQIA) was produced for the (a) Scottish Access Collaborative Programme and (b) Modernising Patient Pathways Programme and, if so, on what date this was produced, and whether it is publicly accessible.
To ask the Scottish Government whether and when it consulted patients and chronic pain groups on decisions not to prioritise chronic pain issues in NHS specialist pain clinics on a waiting times project under the Scottish Access Collaborative, in light of reports that staffing shortages have led to delays in patient treatment.
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of future demand for stoma services and specialist stoma nurses in (a) NHS Lothian and (b) Scotland, and what action it is taking to meet future demand.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will undertake a comprehensive review of all specialist nursing.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on installing sleeping pods in hospitals to allow staff to have a rest on their breaks; what feedback it has received or plans to seek from NHS employees regarding such an initiative, and whether it will introduce a pilot scheme or carry out a feasibility study into this.
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the links between air pollution and depression and suicide; what plans it has to undertake further research on this, and whether it will provide an update on the action it is taking to reduce air pollution.
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of Waiting Times Improvement Plan funding has been spent on the Medinet system.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that some health and social care staff are not aware of the extension of free personal care to under 65s (Frank's law) and have been seeking financial assessments for care.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that all health and social care staff are aware of the extension of free personal care to under 65s (Frank's law).
To ask the Scottish Government what progress Information Services Division is making in gathering the data that it agreed to collect for the Cross Party Group on Chronic Pain regarding (a) (i) new and (ii) returning patients, including how the waiting times for return treatment compare with the recommended timings of clinicians, and (b) clinic staffing figures.