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 what its position is on what the reasons are for more people reportedly using private healthcare.
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with AstraZeneca, which is a manufacturer of tixagevimab–cilgavimab, also known as Evusheld, regarding how to ensure that patients in Scotland are able to access this preventative treatment for COVID-19.
To ask the Scottish Government when NHS Scotland will publish a winter resilience plan.
To ask the Scottish Government what work it is doing to ensure that pre-exposure prophylactics (PrEP) are available for immunocompromised patients, including people with myeloma, in relation to COVID-19.
To ask the Scottish Government how many beds it currently has procured for temporary accommodation for each mode of accommodation, including cruise ship and hotel.
To ask the Scottish Government on what date it plans to publish the findings of the Second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2).
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Department of Health and Social Care regarding the procurement of Evusheld.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that the Department of Health and Social Care has asked NICE to conduct an appraisal of remdesivir, tocilizumab, casirivimab and imdevimab, baricitinib, sotrovimab, molnupiravir, nirmatrelvir and ritonavir, and tixagevimab and cilgavimab for treating people with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the NHS in England, whether it will refer any of these currently available COVID-19 treatments to the Scottish Medicines Consortium.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that, compared with the period from October to December 2019, in the period from October to December 2021 in Scotland there has been an increase of 136% in patients paying for private cataract operations, 169% increase in private hip-replacement operations, and 111% increase in private knee operations.
To ask the Scottish Government how it has spent the last £41 million of Barnett consequentials as a result of increased spending on the Household Support Fund in England.