Wednesday, 10 June 2015
Good afternoon. The first item of business this afternoon is portfolio questions on health, wellbeing and sport.
1. To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing in the Highlands to ensure that NHS infrastructure is fit for the 21st century. (S4O-04428)
3. To ask the Scottish Government whether it is satisfied with the performance of NHS 24 in Grampian. (S4O-04430)
4. To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to improve access to child and adolescent mental health services in North East Scotland. (S4O-04431)
5. To ask the Scottish Government what progress the national health service has made with the delivery of seven-day services. (S4O-04432)
6. To ask the Scottish Government what consideration can be given to individual patient treatment requests for further or repeat courses when the initial treatment has had some success. (S4O-04433)
7. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will reconsider its decision to discontinue core funding for the Neurological Alliance of Scotland. (S4O-04434)
9. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met NHS Lothian. (S4O-04436)
10. To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that resources for GP practices should be moved from richer areas to poorer areas. (S4O-04437)
11. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the review of provision of NHS services on Skye. (S4O-04438)
12. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of how telehealth could assist in the delivery of healthcare across the Highlands and Islands. (S4O-04439)
13. To ask the Scottish Government when officials last met the board of NHS Lanarkshire. (S4O-04440)
14. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met NHS Fife and what issues were discussed. (S4O-04441)
15. To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to support the estimated 850,000 people in Scotland who are deaf or have a hearing loss. (S4O-04442)
16. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the United Kingdom Government regarding the impact of the proposed Scotland Bill on national health service funding. (S4O-04443)
17. To ask the Scottish Government how many unfilled consultant posts there are in NHS Fife. (S4O-04444)
The next item of business is a debate on motion S4M-13416, in the name of Jenny Marra, on health. I invite members who wish to contribute to the debate to press their request-to-speak buttons,...
The next item of business is consideration of motion S4M-13434, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a business motion. Motion moved, That the...
The next item of business is consideration of five Parliamentary Bureau motions. I invite Joe FitzPatrick to move motion S4M-13436, on designation of a lead committee, and motions S4M-13437 to...
There are four questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that amendment S4M-13416.2, in the name of Shona Robison, which seeks to amend motion S4M-13416,...
The final item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S4M-13261, in the name of Rhoda Grant, on carers week 2015. The debate will be concluded without any question being put....
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