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: S5T-00525
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 April 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to claims that staff at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital are “incredibly stressed” and that the hospital is “very short staffed”.
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Question reference: S5W-08646
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 24 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government which NHS boards offer liaison psychiatry.
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Question reference: S5W-08642
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 24 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update regarding how it helps to meet the needs of veterans with mental health problems and their families.
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Question reference: S5W-08645
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 24 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that the side effects of psychiatric medications are appropriately monitored.
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Question reference: S5W-08655
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 24 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to make careers in mental health more attractive.
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Question reference: S5W-08634
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 24 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when the digital tool to support young people with disorders will be launched.
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Question reference: S5W-08636
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 24 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that there is no variation in waiting times accross the country for access to psychological therapies.
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Question reference: S5W-08647
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 24 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to increase the uptake of smoking cessation programmes by people with mental health problems.
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Question reference: S5W-08652
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 24 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the completion of the pilot programme, when the distress brief intervention programme, which was set out in the 2017-2027 Mental Health Strategy, will commence.
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Question reference: S5W-08654
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 24 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what mental health training is given to (a) local authority housing and (b) housing association staff.
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