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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.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S4W-06933

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 11 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what the outcome was of NHS Grampian's pilot in relation to near-patient testing and patient self-testing.

Question reference: S4W-06935

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 11 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made by NHS Grampian in the development and implementation of a protocol on the transition of patients to adult services.

Question reference: S4W-06934

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 11 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what follow-up action it will take following NHS Grampian's pilot in relation to near-patient testing and patient self-testing.

Question reference: S4O-01000

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 May 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on increasing the number of new farming entrants.

Question reference: S4W-06931

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 April 2012
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 9 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with local authorities since 2007 on the future of lighthouses.

None, as the matter is reserved to Westminster, the Northern Lighthouse Board being responsible to the Department for Transport.

Transport Scotland and Marine Scotland are members of the Northern Lighthouse Board’s Scottish Users Consultative Group which meets annually and includes representatives of Scottish local authorities’ port interests. This is not a forum for discussion between Scottish Government and the local authorities but includes discussion of NLB’s review of aids to navigation provision.

Question reference: S4W-06937

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 April 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 8 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are to support patients who wish to self-test and self-manage, as means to alleviate pressure on anticoagulant clinics.

For those requiring Warfarin, widespread self-monitoring is not cost effective compared with near patient testing (NPT), but possibly suitable for a small minority of competent patients for whom NPT is not convenient.

In April 2012 Healthcare Improvement Scotland issued advice to support clinical decision making in relation to the use of oral anticoagulants. Boards are required to consider its recommendations, which should be taken into account when developing services; this guidance identifies those atrial fibrillation patients who should be considered for either Dabigatran (Pradaxa®), Rivaroxaban (Xarelto®) or existing medicines such as Warfarin. This is significant as with Dabigatran and Rivaroxaban there is no need for anticoagulant monitoring. However, the guidance still recommends Warfarin as the treatment of choice in most circumstances.

Question reference: S4W-06936

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 April 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 8 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what models of primary care services it considers there are in the NHS in England that could be introduced in Scotland to support the self-monitoring and self-management of patients.

Different conditions require a variety of different self-monitoring and self-management arrangements, to best deliver the required clinical outcomes. The Quality Strategy for NHS Scotland is very supportive of self-management where appropriate.

The Scottish Government is keen to learn from other places in meeting the challenges it faces and to consider if there are any lessons to learn or models to test.

Question reference: S4W-06771

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 April 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has had discussions about increased access to travel vaccinations via the community pharmacy network.

The Scottish Government has had discussions with NHS boards about increased access to NHS travel vaccinations via community pharmacy. A small number of NHS boards are undertaking work to develop this on a pilot basis. Work is at an early stage. The Scottish Government is supportive of these pilots as a means of testing out this model of delivery of NHS travel vaccination. However, this is ultimately a contractual matter between the primary care contractors involved, supported by the relevant NHS boards.

Question reference: S4W-06817

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 April 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 April 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy is aware that all four of the applications made for Ipilimumab under the individual patient treatment request system have been turned down; whether this is in conflict with the Scottish Government’s policy on access to cancer medicines, and whether the drug will be made available to NHS patients following the Scottish Medicines Consortium's appraisal on 3 April 2012.

Question reference: S4W-06187

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 28 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how many GP appointments have been missed in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.