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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-24660

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 09 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of it being considered unsafe to open, for what reason NHS Lothian is reportedly paying approximately £1.4 million per month for the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People; whether the (a) Scottish Government and (b) Scottish Futures Trust (i) advised on or had sight of the agreement and (ii) sought to remove or limit the impact of the contractual obligations that led to this situation, and whether it will place all documentation associated with this arrangement in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).

Question reference: S5W-24663

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 09 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports in The Herald on 6 August 2019, whether its representatives on the project board of the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People were aware of the minutes of a meeting of NHS Lothian’s Finance and Resources Committee in September 2018, which refer to “residual technical issues” impacting on the project “with the key issue being around drainage systems”, and on what date these issues were communicated to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport.

Question reference: S5W-24785

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the paper that was published in the Scottish Medical Journal on 7 January 2015, “Acupuncture-induced pneumothorax: the hidden complication”, for what reason each NHS board has stated in response to an FOI request regarding figures from 2016 that they do not record acupuncture as a cause of pneumothorax (collapsed lung) as they do not hold a specific code for such treatment.

Question reference: S5W-24643

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what the air rate change per hour was found to be in critical care wards at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, and how this compares to that required in regulations.

Question reference: S5W-24646

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what risk analysis has been undertaken regarding the time of year for the opening of the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and transfer from the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, including how this will be impacted by weather, the number of daylight hours, the number of procedures planned and overall sickness levels, and whether it will place a copy of this analysis in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).

Question reference: S5W-24647

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is still the plan to close the Royal Hospital for Sick Children on the same day that the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People opens, as was scheduled on 9 July 2019 alongside a 10-day transfer of patients and equipment; whether it or its partners received any representations advising against this arrangement, and, if so, whether it will place a copy of these in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).

Question reference: S5W-24654

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will place in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) all (a) correspondence and (b) minutes of meetings it has had with NHS Lothian in the last two years regarding the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and closure of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children.

Question reference: S5W-24650

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government on what date the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport was first informed of the problems that subsequently led to her postponing the opening of the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People.

Question reference: S5W-24653

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government who independently certified and signed off the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People on 22 February 2019 when it was handed over to NHS Lothian; who appointed the independent certifier; how long the assessment took; what it involved, and whether (a) it and (b) NHS Lothian agreed with the findings.

Question reference: S5W-24652

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-01841 by Shona Robison on 5 September 2016, which states that completion of the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People was expected in 2017, what other dates it has previously given for its opening.