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.
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To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it has reportedly not instructed care workers who come within two metres of a vulnerable person to wear a protective mask in every instance, given that the rest of the population are obliged to stay two metres apart from each other in light of the COVID-19 outbreak.
To ask the Scottish Government what evaluation it has made of the ability of care workers to wear protective masks on the basis of self-assessed risk if this is not supported by their line managers.
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding what proportion of care workers have chosen to (a) wear and (b) not wear a protective mask in response to the COVID-19 outbreak on the basis of their own risk assessment since the four nations personal protective equipment (PPE) guidance was issued on 2 April 2020.
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many vulnerable people receiving personal care might have contracted COVID-19 from a care worker not wearing a protective mask.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it agrees with table two of the four nations personal protective equipment (PPE) guidance in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, which was issued on 2 April 2020, which says that health and social care workers in the community need only wear a protective face mask if treating a person who has COVID-19 symptoms or is on the shielded list.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how it is helping colleges and their students deal with the COVID-19 outbreak and prepare for economic recovery.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to international evidence, including from the World Health Organization, which suggest that protective face masks can help prevent the wearer from spreading COVID-19.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will depart from the four nations' personal protective equipment (PPE) guidance in response to the COVID-19 outbreak and instruct that all carers wear surgical masks whenever they administer care to vulnerable people, whether in the community, supported accommodation, care homes or clinical settings.
To ask the Scottish Government how much influence it considers the need to control resources had in the four nations' personal protective equipment (PPE) guidance that it has signed up to in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
To ask the Scottish Government whether the testing it has announced for workers and residents in care homes will apply to all residential settings.