Portfolio Questions

Health and Sport Dean Lockhart S5O-00396 1. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to lower outpatient waiting times. Pauline McNeill S5O-00397 2. To ask the Scottish Government how long it would take to make a decision on the future of Lightburn Hospital if this was to come to ministers. Willie Coffey S5O-00398 3. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met NHS Ayrshire and Arran and what matters were discussed. Christina McKelvie S5O-00399 4. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with NHS Lanarkshire regarding the implementation of the mental health strategy. Emma Harper S5O-00400 5. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the establishment of a respiratory task force to help tackle lung disease. Maurice Golden S5O-00401 6. To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it carries out to ascertain which groups are most vulnerable to seasonal health risks. Finlay Carson S5O-00402 7. To ask the Scottish Government how many GPs have been recruited in Dumfries and Galloway through the bursary incentive, and how many posts remain vacant. Douglas Ross S5O-00403 8. To ask the Scottish Government what its assessment is of health services in the Moray area. Patrick Harvie S5O-00404 9. To ask the Scottish Government what improvements it considers necessary to the provision of abortion in Scotland. Joan McAlpine S5O-00405 10. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the reported sharp rise in social care charges for disabled people under 65 in Dumfries and Galloway, and whether it considers this a consequence of COSLA recommending an applicable income allowance of £132 per week. Fulton MacGregor S5O-00406 11. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to increase the roll-out of automated external defibrillators. Iain Gray S5O-00407 12. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recent BBC Scotland investigation into maternity hospitals. Clare Haughey S5O-00408 13. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to encourage more blood donations over the festive period. Mark Ruskell S5O-00409 14. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to reduce the impact of air pollution on health inequalities in Mid Scotland and Fife. Gordon Lindhurst S5O-00410 15. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce obesity levels. Linda Fabiani S5O-00411 16. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with South Lanarkshire Council regarding autism services in East Kilbride. Lewis Macdonald S5O-00412 17. To ask the Scottish Government what advice it has received from the Scottish Medicines Consortium regarding the use of stem cell treatment for people with MS. Claire Baker S5O-00413 18. To ask the Scottish Government, in light of recent child obesity figures, whether it will commit to establishing a specific children's food policy, as highlighted by the work of the Food Commission. Edward Mountain S5O-00414 19. To ask the Scottish Government what action it takes to look after the health and wellbeing of primary school-age children in the Highlands, including ensuring that they receive an equitable amount of physical education compared with those across the rest of Scotland. Ivan McKee S5O-00415 20. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that sportscotland delivers on its challenge to increase the levels of sporting activity among children.