Portfolio Questions

Health and Sport Ross Greer S5O-01704 1. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to encourage the SFA and football clubs to follow the lead of the English FA in adopting the principles of the Rooney Rule for future coaching appointments. Neil Findlay S5O-01705 2. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to provide care for children who experience ill health. Claudia Beamish S5O-01706 3. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that sporting facilities at Ravenscraig in Motherwell, and others used by people in the South Scotland region, will be maintained in their present form. Rona Mackay S5O-01707 4. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding introducing a safe injection room for drug users in Glasgow. Gillian Martin S5O-01708 5. To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to support women’s football and rugby. Jenny Gilruth S5O-01709 6. To ask the Scottish Government what proposals it has to reduce waiting times in hospitals during next winter. Mike Rumbles S5O-01710 7. To ask the Scottish Government, what action it is taking to correct the £165.6 million discrepancy in NHS Grampian's funding, which the Scottish Parliament Information Centre has suggested has arisen because the board's NRAC funding targets have not been met since 2009. Peter Chapman S5O-01711 8. To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made to add malignant melanoma to the Detect Cancer Early programme. Ivan McKee S5O-01712 9. To ask the Scottish Government how it measures the performance of NHS boards to ensure that they deliver the highest quality services for the populations that they serve. Claire Baker S5O-01713 10. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met NHS Fife and what issues were discussed. Andy Wightman S5O-01714 11. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to meet the health needs of homeless people, and whether the cabinet secretary considers that their health outcomes could be improved by adopting a "housing first" approach. Lewis Macdonald S5O-01715 12. To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken further to the commitment by the Minister for Public Health and Sport on 29 November 2017 to “continue to work with the Scottish Sports Association to explore the avenues for it to have a sustainable financial future”. Liam McArthur S5O-01716 13. To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it provides on the standard of comfort and dignity that patients transferring to and from hospital appointments can expect. Oliver Mundell S5O-01717 14. To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the comment by the First Minister on ITV Border that she takes responsibility for recruitment problems in the NHS, what action is being taken to address staffing shortages in NHS Dumfries and Galloway. Murdo Fraser S5O-01718 15. To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the Health Improvement and Protection budget is decreasing in 2018-19. Stewart Stevenson 16. [Withdrawn] Mairi Gougeon S5O-01720 17. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the implementation of its Mental Health Strategy. Rhoda Grant S5O-01721 18. To ask the Scottish Government what contingencies have been put in place to manage hospital closures in the Highlands and Islands as a result of the current flu outbreak. Pauline McNeill S5O-01722 19. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what financial support it plans to provide to the Scottish Sports Association. Rachael Hamilton S5O-01723 20. To ask the Scottish Government how prevention of and recovery from mental illnesses can be supported through access to culture and the arts.