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
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S5W-00961
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to consult and engage on the national clinical strategy.
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Question reference: S5W-00957
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 11 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what post-diagnostic support for people with dementia is being delivered by each integration joint board.
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Question reference: S5W-00959
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 11 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers the delivery of post-diagnostic support for people with dementia to be a guarantee or a target.
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Question reference: S5W-00958
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 11 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what waiting lists there are for post-diagnostic support for people with dementia, broken down by integration joint board.
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Question reference: S5W-00647
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS patients have received treatment in private hospitals in each of the last 18 months, also broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) cost.
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Question reference: S5W-00645
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many procedures each NHS board has commissioned to be carried out in the private sector in each year since 2011-12, also broken down by cost.
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Question reference: S5W-00956
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 6 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on (a) introducing or (b) piloting an initiative similar to the Admiral Nursing Scheme in England for the provision of dementia care.
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Question reference: S5W-00730
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what notifications it has received from NHS boards of insufficient GP cover to meet demand.
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Question reference: S5W-00731
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what NHS capital projects are underway, at what cost and with what expected completion date.
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Question reference: S5W-00648
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government who the members are of the NHS targets review committee; what the review's remit is; when it will be completed and the findings published; what plans it has for the review to have cross-party (a) representation and (b) engagement; whether it will invite the Health and Sport Committee to have a role with the review and, if so, what this will be, and whether there any specific NHS targets or guarantees that will not be included in the review.
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