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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-09720

Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 9 October 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what evidence there is to support restricting the use of ticagrelor.

Question reference: S4W-09719

Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 9 October 2012

To ask the Scottish Government in which NHS boards ticagrelor (a) is listed on formulary for the use approved by the Scottish Medicines Consortium, (b) listed on formulary with restrictions placed on its use and what the restrictions are, (c) not yet approved and what the reason is and (d) not approved and what the reason is.

Question reference: S4W-09717

Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 9 October 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have died as a result of NHS board area drug and therapeutics committees not making ticagrelor available for eligible patients.

NHS boards have arrangements in place to facilitate access to medicines which have been accepted for use by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) but have not been included on the local formulary. The process by which such medicines can be made available are through the extant non-formulary processes.

It is for the local clinical community to determine which medicines should be made available for routine use in the NHS board. NHS boards make decisions about which medicines are on their formulary to reflect local clinical opinion regarding patient care.

Question reference: S4W-09624

Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 9 October 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether public sector staff are protected from disciplinary action at all times in talking to their MSP about issues of concern or whether they must have previously raised the matter with their manager.

Question reference: S4W-09412

Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S3W-21957 by Shona Robison on 27 March 2009, what progress it has made in its commitment to arrange a survey of the incidence of fetal alcohol syndrome.

Question reference: S4F-00865

Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 September 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 September 2012

To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government supports the Royal College of Nursing's This is Nursing campaign celebrating the professionalism and compassion of nursing staff.

Question reference: S4W-09331

Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 13 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many prosecutions there have been for the illegal (a) production and (b) sale of alcohol in each year since 2007 and how many resulted in a conviction.

Question reference: S4W-09032

Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 August 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 11 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) full-time and (b) full-time equivalent school nurses there have been in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.

Published information on (a) full-time and (b) full-time equivalent school nurses there have been in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board can be found at:

http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Workforce/Publications/2012-08-28/Nursing_and_Midwifery_SIP_J2012.xls.

The nursing workforce working in schools goes beyond school nurses. The figures for Public Health Nurses and Health Visitors should also be taken into account. Public Health Nurses include School Nurses, Health Visitors and those who have a dual role.

Question reference: S4W-09384

Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 11 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many convictions for the illegal (a) production and (b) sale of alcohol in each year since 2007 have led to the confiscation of criminal assets and how much of this was recovered has been used to support tackling alcohol-related problems.

We do not hold information on the number of convictions for the illegal production and sale of alcohol since 2007 that have led to the confiscation of criminal assets.

However, since 2003, the use of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in Scotland has allowed over £60 million to be recovered from criminals. Since the inception of the CashBack for Communities programme in 2007, over £46 million of those monies recovered from that time, have been ploughed back into a wide range of sporting, cultural, educational and mentoring activities and facilities for children and young people and their communities. Over 600,000 young people across Scotland have benefited from CashBack activities and projects.

A number of CashBack partners across the CashBack for Communities programme have educational elements to support tackling alcohol-related problems within their activities by increasing awareness of health, alcohol issues and drugs misuse. Most of the educational elements and programme content are informed by and agreed with Alcohol Focus Scotland, Community Health partnerships and other specialized organisations.

Question reference: S4W-09123

Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 August 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 10 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what (a) audit and (b) research on the off-licence use of medicines is being supported by the Chief Medical Scientist.