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 whether it has carried out an analysis of the outcomes of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014.
To ask the Scottish Government how it will implement and fund the devolved elements of the delivery plan on myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).
To ask the Scottish Government how much (a) it and (b) Public Health Scotland (i) budgeted for and (ii) spent in each of the last three years running (A) mass and (B) social media campaigns to raise smokers’ awareness of the (1) Quit Your Way cessation services delivered by NHS boards and (2) health benefits and financial savings that might be achieved through quitting, broken down by how many people made enquiries or sought support, and how much it has (aa) budgeted for and (bb) spent so far in 2025-26, broken down by the (AA) current and (BB) expected uptake.
To ask the Scottish Government how many credit unions there currently are in Scotland, and how this compares with five years ago.
To ask the Scottish Government what work it has carried out or commissioned into supporting (a) abattoirs and (b) mobile abattoirs in rural and island settings.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will support research into the effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for long-term health conditions, including myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and long COVID.
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients in each of the last five years were assessed as eligible for thrombolysis within the recommended four and a half hour window but did not receive the treatment due to the unavailability of staff or services outside of standard operating hours.
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the number of stroke patients who have experienced worsened clinical outcomes due to delays in receiving thrombectomy or thrombolysis treatment arising from limited service hours.
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have received mechanical thrombectomy treatment in each NHS board area in each of the last five years.
To ask the Scottish Government on what date a reporter was appointed to proceed work on the recalled appeal in relation to the proposed Loch Lomond development by Flamingo Land (PPA-002-2021).