Portfolio Questions

Health and Sport Pauline McNeill S5O-00211 1. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to increase support for people with Crohn’s disease or colitis. Iain Gray S5O-00212 2. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the new East Lothian Community Hospital project. Edward Mountain S5O-00213 3. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce waiting times for urology and orthopaedics appointments in NHS Highland. Christina McKelvie S5O-00214 4. To ask the Scottish Government when it will next meet NHS Lanarkshire. John Scott S5O-00215 5. To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to reduce waiting times for initial hospital appointments following GP referrals in NHS Ayrshire and Arran. Patrick Harvie S5O-00216 6. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve working conditions for social care staff. Clare Haughey S5O-00217 7. To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making to ensure that NHS staff receive at least the living wage. Jackson Carlaw S5O-00218 8. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the assurances that it has received from Boston Scientific regarding the possible use of counterfeit material in surgical mesh. Emma Harper S5O-00219 9. To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made with the construction of the new district general hospital for Dumfries and Galloway. Rachael Hamilton S5O-00220 10. To ask the Scottish Government when the estimated completion date is for the new East Lothian Community Hospital. Richard Lyle S5O-00221 11. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it is having with universities to encourage the study of medicine and general practice. Douglas Ross S5O-00222 12. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with NHS Grampian about the current level of ophthalmic care provided at Dr Gray's Hospital in Elgin and what plans it has for the future of this service. Rhoda Grant S5O-00223 13. To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to promote telehealth and telecare. Alison Johnstone S5O-00224 14. To ask the Scottish Government whether consultant posts that have been unfilled for more than six months are recorded as vacant by ISD Scotland. Ben Macpherson S5O-00225 15. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the availability of pre-exposure prophylaxis. Annie Wells S5O-00226 16. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on waiting times for people to begin treatment for cancer following an urgent referral. Ruth Maguire S5O-00227 17. To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made in establishing routine enquiry of abuse in the NHS. Claire Baker S5O-00228 18. To ask the Scottish Government what the vacancy rate is for GPs in Fife, and how many posts have been vacant for at least six months. David Torrance S5O-00229 19. [Not Lodged] Kenneth Gibson S5O-00230 20. To ask the Scottish Government when it will next meet the chief executive of NHS Ayrshire and Arran and what will be discussed.