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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: S4W-12967

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the take-up of basic bank accounts.

Question reference: S4W-13415

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 04 March 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 13 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-12687 by Michael Matheson on 26 February 2013, to whom did it reimburse the £58,000 funding of Health Improvement Scotland’s budget for chronic pain.

Question reference: S4W-13414

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 04 March 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 13 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-12690 by Michael Matheson on 26 February 2013, who invites healthcare officials and stakeholders to join the Scottish Chronic Pain Steering Group.

Question reference: S4W-13202

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 12 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether spinal surgery is subject to a waiting times guarantee and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.

Spinal treatment is one of a small number of exceptions to the Treatment Time Guarantee, which came into effect on 1 October 2012. This was because at the time of taking the legislation through Parliament it was clear that there was significant capacity issues around spinal services and that Boards would need more time to improve these services to fully comply with the legal guarantee. Boards are now actively working to put the necessary capacity in place to deliver the 12 weeks legal treatment time guarantee. The aim is to remove this exception within the next year.

Question reference: S4W-13205

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 12 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Golden Jubilee National Hospital has used non-NHS surgeons to carry out spinal surgery since 2007 and, if so, what the cost was.

Question reference: S4W-13204

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 12 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government where NHS Ayrshire and Arran patients attend spinal surgery.

Question reference: S4W-13203

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 12 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government which NHS boards provide access to spinal surgery.

Question reference: S4W-13104

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what changes there have been to the eligibility criteria for wheelchair services since 2007-08.

Question reference: S4W-13103

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time has been for someone to be provided with a wheelchair in each year since 2007-08, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S4W-13101

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has reviewed the implementation of the Wheelchair and seating services modernisation: Action Plan and whether all recommendations in the action plan have been met.

The Wheelchair and Seating Services Project Board developed, monitored and supported the implementation of the Wheelchair and Seating Services Modernisation project. The project board was wound up in December 2010, following which the Wheelchair and Seating Services Delivery Group was established to oversee the final stages of implementation.

The delivery group assessed the position in relation to all of the actions set out in the Wheelchair and Seating Services Modernisation Action Plan. As at January 2012, when the Delivery Group completed its remit, one action remained outstanding relating to Information Management and Technology. It was agreed this would be a matter for NHS board chief executives to consider whether local and/or national IT solutions would be required in due course.

The delivery group produced the Wheelchair & Seating Services Improvement Framework, which was issued to NHS boards in May 2012. The Framework is designed to support local NHS boards to assess continuing improvement and delivery of wheelchair and seating services through appropriate local governance processes.