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 response is to the recent Public Health England report, English Surveillance Programme for Antimicrobial Utilisation and Resistance (ESPAUR), and, in light of this, whether it plans to take additional action to reduce levels of antibiotic resistance.
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making in implementing the recommendations in the report, The Best Start: A Five-Year Forward Plan for Maternity and Neonatal Care in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government how many health visitors there have been in each NHS board area in each year since 2007, and what progress it is making towards meeting its 2014 commitment to increase the number of health visitors by 500 by 2018.
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on what the average waiting times have been for wheelchair repairs for people (a) under and (b) over 18 in each year since 2007, also broken down by NHS board.
To ask the Scottish Government how many people are waiting for (a) urgent and (b) non-urgent operations or procedures at the Edinburgh Western General Hospital urology hub; what the average waiting time is, and what action is being taken to reduce this.
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) completed and (b) attempted suicides in each mental health unit have been recorded in each year since 2007.
To ask the Scottish Government what the timescale is for the implementation of each action point in the Oral Health Improvement Plan.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of the consultation that it carried out with stakeholders and experts regarding the proposed changes to the Statement of Dental Remuneration.
To ask the Scottish Government what the impact would be on the NHS if the reported issues regarding the ability of Healthcare Environment Services (HES) Ltd to dispose of human waste from hospitals continues and the contracts that HES has with the NHS boards were subsequently breached.
To ask the Scottish Government when it was first advised of the reported issues regarding the ability of Healthcare Environment Services Ltd to dispose of human waste from hospitals; what action it has taken, and what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding this.