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 how long it anticipates the journey from University Hospital Wishaw to Aberdeen Maternity Hospital will take for ambulances moving premature babies.
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish Ambulance Service will have its (a) funding and (b) capacity levels increased to enable the transfer of critically ill premature babies, and, if so, between which neonatal facilities, and by how much.
To ask the Scottish Government where premature babies that require level 3 care will be transferred to from NHS Lanarkshire if full capacity in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has been reached.
To ask the Scottish Government how many times the Royal Hospital for Children Neonatal Unit, Glasgow, has reached capacity in the last five years.
To ask the Scottish Government how much it estimates will be raised by the intermediate property rate in (a) 2024-25, and (b) in each year since its introduction, broken down by industry sector.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported concerns that some mothers will be too unwell to travel to another NHS board with their premature babies, preventing them from being by their baby’s side in hospital to have a hands-on role as partners in care with the medical team, in light of Bliss reportedly describing this as “crucial”.
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has undertaken in relation to ensuring the safety of premature babies being transported long distances from hospitals in North Lanarkshire to Aberdeen, in light of the distance of travel.
To ask the Scottish Government how many children and young people are currently living with long COVID.
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made in relation to the statement that, "In the coming months, we will be working with partners across the health and social care system, Local Government and wider stakeholders, to set out our shared long term planning for population health and integrated health and social care services development", as set out in its publication, NHS Recovery Plan 2021-26: Annual Progress Update 2023.
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has undertaken of any additional capacity required for the Scottish Ambulance Service to move premature babies between NHS boards as part of its reported plans to downgrade neonatal units in Scotland.