Portfolio Questions

Health and Sport Gordon Lindhurst S5O-01315 1. To ask the Scottish Government what role sports clubs and leisure centres play in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Ruth Maguire S5O-01316 2. To ask the Scottish Government what role NHS boards can play in ensuring that young people receive information at school that will reduce their risk of contracting HIV. Linda Fabiani S5O-01317 3. To ask the Scottish Government when it will next meet NHS Lanarkshire. Liam Kerr S5O-01318 4. To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review the NHS resource allocation formula. Mike Rumbles S5O-01319 5. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the number of planned operations that have been cancelled in NHS Grampian. Bob Doris 6. [Not Lodged] Sandra White S5O-01321 7. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to increase access to new medicines. Tavish Scott S5O-01322 8. To ask the Scottish Government how much of the reported £1.3 million that NHS Shetland is to pay in locum costs in 2017-18 will be used to cover GP vacancies. Finlay Carson S5O-01323 9. To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with NHS Dumfries and Galloway regarding equity and equality of service across its area. Neil Findlay 10. [Not Lodged] Emma Harper S5O-01325 11. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the Law Society of Scotland's warning that ending freedom of movement may deter medical professionals from moving here and have implications for people already living and working here. Andy Wightman 12. [Not Lodged] Lewis Macdonald 13. [Not Lodged] Maree Todd S5O-01328 14. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Law Society of Scotland’s report, The UK withdrawal from the EU and the potential impact on health related matters , and the possible challenges that it identifies for Scotland regarding access to new medicines. Jackie Baillie S5O-01329 15. To ask the Scottish Government when waiting times for orthopaedic services in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde will be reduced. James Dornan S5O-01330 16. To ask the Scottish Government what efforts it is making to expand local sports initiatives. Claire Baker S5O-01331 17. To ask the Scottish Government how many children born in Fife in the last five years have been diagnosed with foetal alcohol syndrome. Bill Kidd S5O-01332 18. To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to recognise the 2017 SFA Grassroots Awards winners, including Drumchapel United, which was named the Best Community Club for helping schools develop young peoples’ skills and fitness. Colin Smyth S5O-01333 19. To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to raise spending on general practice to 11% of the NHS budget. Miles Briggs S5O-01334 20. To ask the Scottish Government how many acute hospital beds there are in NHS Lothian, and how this compares with 2007.