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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-17390

Asked by: Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 7 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have been referred for deep brain stimulation surgery in each NHS board in each year since 2007.

Question reference: S4W-17385

Asked by: Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 7 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how NHS Lothian provides follow-up support to people who have received deep brain stimulation surgery.

The Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) service in NHS Lothian is currently in transition following the retirement of the neurosurgeon DBS Specialist.

NHS Lothian are planning to support those patients, who have previously received DBS surgery, with follow up neurosurgical specialist support in NHS Tayside. In addition there is ongoing clinical support provided locally through the board’s network of Clinical Nurse Specialists.

The Managed Service Network for Neurosurgery is aware of the current transitional arrangements in place in NHS Lothian and is working with services to explore future arrangement for DBS services across Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-17384

Asked by: Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 7 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how NHS Lothian assesses whether patients with Parkinson’s and dystonia are candidates for deep brain stimulation surgery.

NHS Lothian reports that patients with Parkinson’s and dystonia are reviewed by a specialist neurologist as part of a wider Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) approach and where appropriate a referral is made to a neurosurgeon for deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery.

Following the retiral of the Lothian-based neurosurgeon who specialised in DBS, patients are reviewed by the MDT on a case by case basis.

Question reference: S4W-17391

Asked by: Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 7 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have received deep brain stimulation surgery in (a) Dundee, (b) Edinburgh and (c) Glasgow in each year since 2007.

Question reference: S4W-17387

Asked by: Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 4 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients in NHS Lothian have been assessed as suitable for deep brain stimulation surgery and are waiting to undergo the procedure.

Question reference: S4W-17388

Asked by: Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 4 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients in NHS Lothian have been waiting to receive deep brain stimulation surgery for more than (a)18 weeks, (b) six months and (c) one year.

Question reference: S4O-02467

Asked by: Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what its plans are for the regulation of energy markets should Scotland become independent.

Question reference: S4O-02402

Asked by: Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what progress the Cabinet Secretary for Justice has made on implementing plans for the introduction of video-link facilities and family hearings in those towns where courts are to close.

Question reference: S4W-16639

Asked by: Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 August 2013
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 3 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the European Commission regarding an opt-out from pensions regulations for an independent Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-16638

Asked by: Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 August 2013
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 3 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the reported comment by the First Minister in The Sunday Post on 4 August 2013 that “the way to deal with [European pensions regulations] is to get a derogation so nobody is forced into a more accelerated settlement of the pension deficit”, what form of derogation it would seek.