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
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Question reference: S5W-25310
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 24 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government by what date the terms of reference for the Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Programme Board will be published, and whether they will reference the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Taskforce delivery plan published in December 2018.
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Question reference: S5W-25214
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 September 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 23 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the ongoing industrial dispute between NHS Tayside and pharmacy support workers.
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Question reference: S5W-25146
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 23 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the total spend has been by the Scottish Access Collaborative in each year since 2017 on work to improve waiting times, also broken down by the spend of each speciality group.
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Question reference: S5W-25187
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 20 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many mental health officer vacancies there are, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S5W-24953
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 26 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 19 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the comment in the NHS Health Scotland paper, Consensus statement on e-cigarettes, that "there is still a lot we do not know about e-cigarettes. They are not risk free...we need to carry out research to understand these risks", how many vaping-related lung conditions have been recorded in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S5W-25270
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 19 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether its respiratory care improvement plan will be presented to a patient forum following its publication.
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Question reference: S5W-25227
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 18 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-24624 by Jeane Freeman on 7 August 2019, by what date it expects NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to grant an employment contract to Dr Veronikis in order to facilitate his visit to Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-25228
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 18 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-24624 by Jeane Freeman on 7 August 2019, what communications it has had with the GMC regarding Dr Veronikis' temporary registration.
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Question reference: S5W-25229
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 18 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-24624 by Jeane Freeman on 7 August 2019, on what date it expects Scottish clinicians to visit Dr Veronikis in the US.
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Question reference: S5W-24872
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 17 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the ISD figures on NHS workforce data published on 4 June 2019, what assessment it has made of the impact of the decrease in the number of consultant gastroenterologists in 2018-19 on patient waiting times.