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 on what date the online booking system for COVID-19 booster vaccinations will be open to (a) adult carers, unpaid carers or young carers aged 16 years or over and (b) people aged 16 and over who are a household contact of someone who is immunosuppressed.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps are being taken to ensure that NHS patients in Scotland can access Magnetic Resonance Guided Focused Ultra-Sound (MRgFUS) to treat the condition, essential tremor.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government what support local authorities are receiving to apply for the Woods in and Around Town scheme, and what its position is on whether the available support is sufficient to meet the current demand for access to urban woods that are close to where people live.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to address the reported survivability bias in the Cancer Patient Experience Survey to ensure that experiences of patients with a less survivable cancer are captured.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether it is appropriate to dismiss care home staff who are not vaccinated against COVID-19.
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with care home providers regarding the dismissal of care home staff who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of any differences between the NHS Scotland Covid Status App and the England and Wales version of the app, in light of them both being required to meet the same international standard.
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients waited longer than the period specified in the referral to treatment time guarantee to receive orthopaedic treatment in NHS Highland in each year since 2007, and what the reasons for delays in treatment were.
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of people aged 50 and over have received their COVID-19 booster vaccine.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to research by Professor Denis Henshaw on the link between air pollution and child cancer.