Portfolio Questions

Health and Social Care Sue Webber S6O-00524 1. To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the role that clinical research has played in leading the country out of the COVID-19 pandemic, how it will support clinical research in the NHS to improve the care and treatment of patients with non-communicable diseases such as heart disease and stroke. Liam Kerr S6O-00525 2. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of GP numbers and surgery provision in the north east. Fiona Hyslop S6O-00526 3. To ask the Scottish Government whether the emergence of the Omicron variant has influenced its discussions with the UK Government regarding the four-nation approach to vaccine procurement, particularly in relation to the Valneva vaccine and any potential need to deploy different vaccine formulations both domestically and internationally. Paul McLennan S6O-00527 4. To ask the Scottish Government what the latest Open with Care guidance is for care homes, in light of the emergence of the Omicron variant. Neil Gray S6O-00528 5. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out in NHS Lanarkshire. Kaukab Stewart S6O-00529 6. To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is taking, including any that may be funded through its Budget, that will help deliver free dental care during the current parliamentary session. Evelyn Tweed S6O-00530 7. To ask the Scottish Government what assurances it can offer to people that health and social care services are being supported during the ongoing pandemic. Emma Roddick S6O-00531 8. To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to ensure that healthcare services in rural areas are working for the people that they serve. Social Justice, Housing and Local Government Siobhian Brown S6O-00532 1. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the latest Trussell Trust foodbank statistics in relation to Scotland. Jim Fairlie S6O-00533 2. To ask the Scottish Government what further support it will make available to help Perth and Kinross Council improve the availability of social and affordable housing in the Perthshire South and Kinross-shire constituency. Stuart McMillan S6O-00534 3. To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to allowing registered social landlords to purchase properties from homeowners who would like to remain in their homes but become social housing tenants. Jenni Minto S6O-00535 4. To ask the Scottish Government how it works with Argyll and Bute Council to support the delivery of local government services across the area’s islands and remote peninsulas. Stephen Kerr 5. [Not Lodged] Paul O'Kane S6O-00537 6. To ask the Scottish Government how many tenants in the West of Scotland have used the Tenant Grant Fund and Tenant Hardship Loan Fund. Donald Cameron S6O-00538 7. To ask the Scottish Government how its Housing Strategy is supporting action to prevent fuel poverty in households in rural and remote areas. Craig Hoy S6O-00539 8. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met COSLA.