Portfolio Questions

Health and Sport Elaine Smith S5O-00001 1. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met NHS Lanarkshire and what matters were discussed. John Lamont S5O-00002 2. To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to ensure that operations scheduled by NHS boards go ahead as planned. Richard Lyle S5O-00003 3. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the PAMIS campaign, Changing Places Toilets. Finlay Carson S5O-00004 4. To ask the Scottish Government when it will review the referral pathway that results in cancer patients in Stranraer having to travel to Edinburgh via Dumfries rather than to cancer services in Glasgow. Colin Beattie S5O-00005 5. To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is taking to help reduce waiting times at GP surgeries. Emma Harper S5O-00006 6. To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to boost GP recruitment. Jamie Greene S5O-00007 7. To ask the Scottish Government what timetable it is working to in its pledge to examine extending the minor ailment service. Dean Lockhart S5O-00008 8. To ask the Scottish Government what the average wait in weeks was for child and adolescent mental health services in NHS Forth Valley for patients who started their treatment in the last quarter of 2015. Johann Lamont S5O-00009 9. To ask the Scottish Government when it will announce the final 2016-17 budgets for NHS boards and integrated joint boards. Bob Doris S5O-00010 10. To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to using the New Medicines Fund to ensure access to the cystic fibrosis medicine, Ivacaftor, for 2 to 5-year-olds with the G551D gene. Maurice Corry S5O-00011 11. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will retain the the current level of services at the Vale of Leven Hospital. Gordon Lindhurst S5O-00012 12. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had or plans to have with NHS boards and local authorities regarding disabled access in and around hospitals and other health facilities. Jenny Gilruth S5O-00013 13. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve children's health and fitness. James Kelly S5O-00014 14. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met officials from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Liam McArthur S5O-00015 15. To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to NHS boards to support joint working with local authorities regarding health and care partnerships. Kenneth Gibson S5O-00016 16. To ask the Scottish Government what impact the new baby boxes that it plans to distribute will have on infant health. Margaret Mitchell S5O-00017 17. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met representatives of NHS Lanarkshire. Ivan McKee S5O-00018 18. To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that people in the east end of Glasgow continue to have access to local hospital services. Rachael Hamilton S5O-00019 19. To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport last met NHS Lothian. Richard Leonard S5O-00020 20. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met the chief executive of NHS Lanarkshire and what matters were discussed.