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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-24647

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is still the plan to close the Royal Hospital for Sick Children on the same day that the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People opens, as was scheduled on 9 July 2019 alongside a 10-day transfer of patients and equipment; whether it or its partners received any representations advising against this arrangement, and, if so, whether it will place a copy of these in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).

Question reference: S5W-24641

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what the ventilation issue at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People involves, and what percentage of the site’s footprint was found to have ventilation that did not meet the required standards.

Question reference: S5W-24650

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government on what date the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport was first informed of the problems that subsequently led to her postponing the opening of the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People.

Question reference: S5W-24643

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what the air rate change per hour was found to be in critical care wards at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, and how this compares to that required in regulations.

Question reference: S5W-24649

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government (a) at what points in the process and (b) on what dates it approved the (i) overall design and (ii) opening arrangements of the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People.

Question reference: S5W-24640

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many floods have been recorded at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People; what areas have been affected; what damage each flood caused; what the source was; how deep the water was recorded to be on each occasion; where the problematic drains are located, and at what capacity the drainage system has been operating compared to that expected when the hospital is fully operational.

Question reference: S5W-24667

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what learning it has shared with other bodies in the course of building the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Edinburgh; what this related to, and who it was shared with.

Question reference: S5W-24654

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will place in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) all (a) correspondence and (b) minutes of meetings it has had with NHS Lothian in the last two years regarding the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and closure of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children.

Question reference: S5W-24642

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether the current ventilation issues at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People are different to those that caused NHS Lothian to reportedly threaten in April 2018 to take legal action against Integrated Health Solutions Lothian, and how that dispute was resolved.

Question reference: S5W-24646

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what risk analysis has been undertaken regarding the time of year for the opening of the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and transfer from the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, including how this will be impacted by weather, the number of daylight hours, the number of procedures planned and overall sickness levels, and whether it will place a copy of this analysis in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).