Parliamentary questions

Richard Leonard

963 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.

23 Jul 2020 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the monthly running costs are of the NHS Louisa Jordan hospital, also broken down by cost category.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: I refer the member to the answer to question S5W- 31712 on 10 September 2020. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusi…

23 Jul 2020 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what plans are in place to recruit additional NHS staff to ensure that staffing complements are adequate to meet any increase in absence rates due to continued shielding requirements for staff.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: In addition to national recruitment activity undertaken via the Health and Social Care Covid-19 Accelerated Recruitment Portal, launched in March of this year, boards have been supported to undertake local recruitment activity where they feel this is necessar…

23 Jul 2020 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that NHS England has been recording all deaths of someone who had COVID-19 regardless of when they first reported a positive case, unlike in Scotland where this is within 28 days, how many additional, if any, deaths would be recorded under that methodology.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: In Scotland, COVID-19 confirmed deaths are based on individuals who have died within 28 days of their first laboratory confirmation of COVID-19 infection. The selection of 28 days followed discussion with the other devolved administrations and is the same tim…

23 Jul 2020 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government if a successful vaccination is found against COVID-19, what plans it has in place for its distribution.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: A safe and effective COVID-19 vaccination is dependent on success in at least one of over 200 vaccine trials underway worldwide in terms of both development and manufacture. When a vaccination might be available, and considerations about delivery and prioriti…

23 Jul 2020 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has done of the (a) short-, (b) medium- and (c) long-term implications to dentistry service as a result of COVID-19.

Answer · Joe FitzPatrick: The government has been fully focused on containing the community spread of the virus during its response to the pandemic and a key part of this is within the dental setting. The delivery of dental services has been balanced since March between combatting COV…

23 Jul 2020 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many retired NHS staff, and people who previously worked in the NHS, volunteered to come back to the health service during the COVID-19 pandemic; how many of those were used, and how many are still undertaking work there.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: At 7 August 2020, there are 279 returning healthcare professionals, sourced via the Covid-19 Health and Social Care Accelerated Recruitment Portal who continue to be deployed in NHS Scotland. A further 1,468 returning staff have been made available to NHS Bo…

23 Jul 2020 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many staff are currently working at the NHS Louisa Jordan hospital; what their job titles are, and how many staff have worked there in each month since the building work was officially completed.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: The number of staff working at NHS Louisa Jordan has varied since the building work officially completed and is dependent on what activities are taking place on the site and the requirements for the continued oversight of the facility. An organisational stru…

30 Jun 2020 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government which areas of medical speciality it has consulted to help inform its response to the COVID-19 outbreak, broken down by date.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: The Scottish Government actively engages a wide range of medical specialists to ensure that our response to the COVID-19 pandemic is clinically appropriate and based on the best available evidence. Discussions continue to taking place across Scottish Governme…

30 Jun 2020 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what communications it has had with specialists who provide medical care for older people to help inform its response to the COVID-19 outbreak, broken down by date.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: The Scottish Government has actively engaged a wide range of medical specialists, including those who care for older people, on an ongoing basis to ensure that our response to the COVID-19 pandemic is clinically appropriate and based on the best available evi…

18 Jun 2020 · First Minister's Question