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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-13760

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 18 March 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 15 April 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of older patients referred to the (a) dietician, (b) tissue viability, (c) psychiatric/dementia liaison and (d) falls prevention service was seen within 24 hours in each of the last three years, broken down by (i) NHS board and (ii) hospital.

Question reference: S4W-13765

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 18 March 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 15 April 2013

To ask the Scottish Government which hospitals have systems in place to monitor the number of bed moves made by dementia patients assessed as having cognitive impairment.

Question reference: S4O-01982

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Justice last met with CashBack partners and what was discussed.

Question reference: S4W-13461

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 04 March 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 13 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of stroke patients was admitted to a stroke unit (a) on and (b) within one day of presentation at hospital in each of the last two years, broken down by (i) NHS board and (ii) hospital.

There is currently a HEAT target in place to support improvements in stroke care.

The target is for 90% of all patients admitted with a diagnosis of stroke to be admitted to a stroke unit on the day of admission, or the day following presentation by March 2013.

The Scottish Stroke Care Audit 2012 National Report published on 10 July 2012 contains the information requested, broken down by NHS board and hospital, for 2010 and 2011. The report is available at the at:

http://www.strokeaudit.scot.nhs.uk/index.htm.

The same information, in table format, is also available within “Chart 5 (2010)” and “Chart 5 (2011)” at the following link:

http://www.strokeaudit.scot.nhs.uk/Downloads/2012_report/SSCA_2012_National_Report_tables_and_charts.xls).

Information for 2012 is due for publication on the Scottish Stroke Care Audit website in July 2013.

Question reference: S4W-13238

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 25 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 11 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has been given an estimate of the "real investment/project costs" required to address NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s maintenance backlog, as per page 13 of its Property Asset Management Strategy published in August 2011 and, if so, what that figure is.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has not provided Scottish Government with an estimate of the project cost to address back log maintenance identified in the Board’s Property and Asset Management Strategy.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is responsible for developing its capital investment programme which is subject to Scottish Government agreement through the local delivery plan approval process. The plan would include projects which address backlog maintenance, through a combination of replacement, rationalisation and disposal of properties as well as refurbishment.

It is expected that NHS boards will focus on high and significant risk backlog maintenance. This will be assessed through updated NHS board property and asset management strategies which NHS boards will be submitting to Scottish Government shortly.

Question reference: S4O-01881

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 6 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth last met the chief executive of Scottish Enterprise and what was discussed.

Question reference: S4O-01854

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 February 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what action the Cabinet Secretary for Justice will take to reduce delays in post mortems in the west of Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-12875

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 20 February 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-11527 by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 December 2012, what membership changes there have been to the independent expert group since May 2011.

Question reference: S4W-12877

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 20 February 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-11533 by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 December 2012, whether it will publish all of the clinical evidence reviewed by the independent expert group and, if so, when.

Information on the independent expert group on opiate replacement therapies is publicly available on the Drugs Strategy Delivery Commission’s website:

http://drugsstrategydeliverycommission.ning.com/.

The expert group will be consulting all political parties on an independent basis and is also meeting with the cross party group on drug and alcohol misuse. The expert group is gathering evidence from a wide variety of perspectives including, professionals, academics, service users, their families, communities, delivery groups, national groups as well as from the international evidence base. The final scope of the review will be informed by the views of the cross political parties and the Chief Medical Officer.

Question reference: S4W-12876

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 20 February 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-11527 by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 December 2012, who the volunteers on the independent expert group are; what their job titles and roles are, and what criteria were used to select them.