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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-26547

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 November 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 9 December 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what the vacancy level is for nurses working in prison healthcare, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S5W-26546

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 November 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 9 December 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many nurses work in prison healthcare, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S5O-03902

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 December 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 December 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support Scotland’s historic buildings and monuments.

Question reference: S5W-26179

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 November 2019
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 2 December 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports of disruption to the childhood flu immunisation programme due to a shortage of supply in some batches of the nasal spray flu vaccine, what action it is taking to support NHS boards.

As I said in the chamber on the 21 st November, NHS Boards have experienced delays in the delivery to the over 65’s flu vaccine (aTIV) and the childhood flu vaccine (Fluenz Tetra).

The delay in the supply of a proportion of the children’s flu vaccine is due to issues with routine quality assurance testing of the vaccine by the manufacturer, Astrazeneca, which are not related to the safety or efficacy of the vaccines.

I would like to reassure parents and families that we are doing everything possible to minimise any disruption caused by the delay in supply of the Fluenz Tetra.

To aide planning by NHS Boards, a Chief Medical Officer letter was issued on 1st November 2019 to prioritise children with eligible health conditions and two to five year olds, similar to other parts of the UK. The Chief Medical Officer also made NHS boards aware that Scotland is anticipated to receive its full allocation of Fluenz over the course of the season and would therefore expect any missed sessions in primary schools to be re-scheduled for a later date or alternative arrangements made.

The delay to the over 65s flu vaccine was due to process issues within Movianto, the supplier that has been contracted to store and distribute the flu vaccine. The majority of these delays have now been resolved and we are assured that the remaining delays will be resolved by the end of this week.

Question reference: S5O-03866

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 November 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 December 2019

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish guidance on the provision of bus services by local authorities.

Question reference: S5F-03756

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 25 November 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 November 2019

To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to reassure patients and families of the safety of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and Royal Hospital for Children.

Question reference: S5W-26040

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 October 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 22 November 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-21577 by Clare Haughey on 6 March 2019, what plans it has to introduce a policy that will allow the recording of information regarding the number of school pupils who have completed suicide.

Question reference: S5W-26268

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 November 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 22 November 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making on introducing a portal for patients in each NHS board area.

As outlined in my answer to question S5W-26267 on 22 November 2019, Scottish Government has committed to provide the digital capability to enable citizens to access and manage their health and care information and interact with services. This capability will be part of a national solution so there is a consistent and seamless approach regardless of NHS board area.

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Question reference: S5W-26267

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 November 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 22 November 2019

To ask the Scottish Government when everyone in each NHS board area will have online access to their medical records.

Scotland’s Digital Health & Care Strategy commits to “Deliver the digital capability for citizens to access and update information about their health and wellbeing, including their records and from personal monitoring, and to interact with services”. This is being developed using a person-centred approach to consider how people wish to access digital health and care services. Learning is being taken from a Proof of Concept led by the West of Scotland NHS Boards and will be augmented by further user research in partnership with the NHS Education for Scotland (NES) National Digital Service to inform the development of the National Digital Platform. The Scottish health and care National Digital Platform will ensure that access is available to relevant real-time data and information from health and care records, by those who need it, when they need it, wherever they are, in a secure and safe way."

Question reference: S5W-26270

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 November 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 22 November 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish a timetabled implementation plan to support the delivery of its Digital Health and Care Strategy.

The Scottish Government recognises that international experience tells us that digital transformation can take up to 10 years to change services, upskill workforce, develop new systems and set up the governance and leadership needed to drive the change forward.

Work has been ongoing in partnership with local government, to set out how we commission the products we need to ensure that the actions within the strategy are achieved and outcomes delivered. Part of this work has been focussed on getting the key elements of a framework for digital transformation right and we are currently re-considering our approach to governance and leadership, including oversight and assurance, and prioritisation in-line with the current spending review for the next four years.