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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: S5W-05994

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 23 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the (a) physical and (b) mental health benefits of taking vitamin D supplements.

Current Scottish Government advice on vitamin D is based on recommendations from the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN), which advises all four UK administrations.

As part of its recent review on vitamin D, SACN considered all relevant evidence suggesting links between vitamin D and various health conditions. SACN concluded that the risk of poor musculoskeletal health (e.g. rickets, osteomalacia, fracture prevention) is increased with low vitamin D levels. SACN found insufficient evidence to draw firm conclusions on the impact of low vitamin D levels for non-musculoskeletal health outcomes (including cancer, cardiovascular disease, autoimmune disease and neuropsychological functioning, such as dementia, autism and depression).

Question reference: S5W-05998

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 23 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many people in Scotland may have vitamin D deficiency, broken down by age group.

Question reference: S5W-06074

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many night feeding machines are available for cancer patients, broken down by NHS board area.

Question reference: S5W-06017

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS Scotland hospitals generate income from advertising.

Question reference: S5W-06016

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how much money NHS Scotland generates from advertising in hospitals.

Question reference: S5W-06020

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS hospitals have contracts with law firms and how long these are for.

Question reference: S5W-06018

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether private companies are permitted to advertise in NHS hospitals.

As set out in Section seven of the Health and Medicines Act 1988, Health boards are permitted to generate income provided it does not significantly interfere with the provision of NHS services. This includes income generated through advertising. The Scottish Government believes the Act to be appropriate, and expects advertising to be discreet and respectful towards patients. Guidance on the issue is set out in NHS MEL (2000) 13, and associated documents, available at: http://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/details.asp?PublicationID=167.

Question reference: S5W-06021

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of regulations covering advertising in NHS premises, in light of NHS hospitals in England hosting adverts for personal injury lawyers.

Question reference: S5W-05993

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients requiring care packages self checked out of hospital without a care package in place in each year since 1999, also broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S5W-06019

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what regulations cover advertising in NHS Scotland premises and how they are enforced.