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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 27 July 2025
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Question reference: S4W-07789

  • Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 June 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 22 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how long it took in 2011-12 for medicines that had been approved by the Scottish Medicines Consortium to be (a) approved by each area drug and therapeutic committee and (b) added to the appropriate clinical care pathway.

Question reference: S4W-07753

  • Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 08 June 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what training is given to managers in the NHS regarding concerns raised by staff.

Question reference: S4W-07752

  • Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 08 June 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the NHS staff annual appraisal process asks employees to report whether they have raised concerns.

Question reference: S4W-07844

  • Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 June 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average annual caseload is for community midwives in NHS (a) Greater Glasgow and Clyde and (b) Lothian.

Question reference: S4W-07751

  • Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 08 June 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how many induction programmes for NHS staff cover (a) patient safety training and (b) how to raise concerns.

Question reference: S4W-07788

  • Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 08 June 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 19 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the NHS plans to revise the QFracture algorithm.

Question reference: S4F-00778

  • Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 18 June 2012
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 June 2012

To ask the First Minister what impact industrial action by doctors could have on operations, diagnostic tests and outpatient appointments.

Question reference: S4W-07754

  • Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 08 June 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether NHS boards are required to report on how many deaths there have been of patients on the delayed discharge database.

Question reference: S4W-07605

  • Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 31 May 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 13 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how and (b) when the change fund for justice will be allocated.

Question reference: S4W-07567

  • Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 May 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 13 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what inquiries it has made to those NHS boards where there is a variation in retrospective changes to New Ways waiting times coding of social availability as shown in the appendix to the PricewaterhouseCoopers report, Review of aspects of Waiting Times Management at NHS Lothian.