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 what criteria need to be met in order for an area of a hospital to be designated a stroke unit; how the capabilities of stroke units have been maintained during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that people who survive a stroke receive full stroke unit care; which NHS boards have had their stroke units downgraded during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how many stroke patients have had their recovery impacted as a result.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the World Stroke Organization's Roadmap to Delivering Quality Stroke Care, how it assesses Scotland’s stroke care against this roadmap; what Scotland’s current level of stroke service capacity is; what gaps exist, compared with the roadmap; what action it will take to ensure that stroke care in Scotland is based on evidence and best practice from around the world, and by when.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00855 by Humza Yousaf on 19 July 2021, whether it will provide equivalent information on (a)(i) amber- and (ii) yellow-coded calls and (b) the total number of calls responded to over the same period.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider extending the ScotGEM bursary to cover all medical students in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government whether the NHS Scotland COVID-19 vaccination certificate app will recognise participants in the Valneva vaccine trial as having been vaccinated.
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of how many COVID-19 vaccination appointments have been missed due to the distance or travel time to a vaccination centre.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its publication, Whole School Approach Framework for Schools to Support Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing, what action it is taking to support teachers to become Mental Health First Aiders, and how this will be facilitated if training is not allowed to take place virtually.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is undertaking in partnership with the UK Government and telecoms companies to improve digital inclusion in the Glasgow region.
To ask the Scottish Government what material impact its policies and enforcement measures have had on incidences of waste crime over the last five years.
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of whether SEPA's approach to environmental protection is consistent with addressing the biodiversity crisis.