Ms Sturgeon says the government is committed to ensure that everyone regardless of gender gets the best health care possible.

The first minister says it is working on a Womens' Health Plan to reduce inequalities.

Mr Whittle says at every stage women receive worse care for heart attacks than men.

Ms Sturgeon indicates that Scotland is ahead of other countries in tackling this.

She agrees symptoms of women who have a heart attack can be different to men and treatments are not tailored to women's biology.

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Tory MSP Brian Whittle asks what action the Scottish government is taking to tackle inequality between men and women in the diagnosis and treatment of heart attacks.

Women who suffer heart attacks are dying needlessly because they fail to recognise their symptoms and receive poorer care than men, says a British Heart Foundation report.

Over 10 years, more than 8,000 women in England and Wales died unnecessarily after a heart attack, it found.

Experts say there are inequalities in diagnosis, treatment and aftercare.

"Unconscious biases are limiting the survival chances of women," the report, external warns.

The first minister offers condolences to Kyle’s family, before adding the government is working to implement all the recommendations.

The number of referrals to CAMHS being accepted is increasing, she adds.

She also says it is important that, when a referral is rejected there must be proper alternative support in the community.

Tory MSP Annie Wells says more than two in 10 children in Glasgow are waiting more than 18 weeks to be seen.

We are making progress, replies the first minister.

Ms Sturgeon says services must be built up to meet increased demand and she points to a 76% increase in CAMHS' staffing.

Ms Sturgeon says it is welcome the stigma around mental health is breaking down and people are coming forward for the help they need.

The first minister cites Scottish government efforts to improve mental health services and CAMHS in particular.

Ms Lennon says her constituent Kyle Stevens who was just 14 took his own life, while waiting for CAMHS support.

The Scottish Labour MSP calls for the 29 recommendations in the recent audit to be put in place.

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Labour MSP Monica Lennon asks what the government is doing to ensure young people can quickly access mental health services, following reports that there were more than 36,000 children and young people referred to CAMHS last year.

The number of young people waiting more than a year for specialist mental health treatment has more than trebled in a year, official figures revealed.

A total of 118 children and young people waited more than 53 weeks to be seen in the first three months of 2019.

In the same period last year there were 35 such cases recorded.

Stuart Macmillan says the announcement made yesterday is the only way to preserve Ferguson Marine, a point with which Ms Sturgeon agrees.

The first minister says the government taking it on represents the best offer for creditors and other actions will ensure there will be a future for Ferguson's shipyard.

Labour MSP Rhoda Grant calls for a Scottish industrial strategy to ensure companies can be saved

Ms Sturgeon says the Scottish government will step in where required, subject to proper due diligence checks.

She welcomes the support of Scottish Labour on steps taken in the past to do just this.

Ms Sturgeon says the support for private companies has protected hundreds of jobs and the government will continue with this.

Mr Greene says writing off such large amounts of money is damaging and highlights Audit Scotland criticisms of the government's financial reporting.

The first minister replies the Scottish Tories think saving these jobs is a waste of money, she does not.

She says, in terms of Ferguson Marine, if the government had not stepped in to nationalise the shipyard then many jobs would have been lost.

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Tory MSP Jamie Greene asks whether the first minister will provide an update on the £135m in loans and investments that the Scottish government has recently written off.

Most of the loans and guarantees that have been written off went to private companies, that have become worthless.

The figures have been revealed in official accounts for the past year., external

They include a £45m loan to the Ferguson shipyard on the Clyde and a £21m guarantee repayment fee from Liberty Steel.

The Scottish government said its "support for private companies has protected hundreds of jobs".

The first minister says no one should be victims of abuse or violence while at work, and she points to a range of measures designed to tackle such crimes.

This includes up to 12 months imprisonment or a fine for anyone convicted of attacks on the emergency services, she adds.

Mr Gibson suggests the repeal of the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act has sent a signal that sectarianism is acceptable.

The first minister agrees it sent the wrong signal because no viable alternative was on offer at the time.

SNP MSP Kenneth Gibson asks for the Scottish government's response is to reports that the number of police officers injured in attacks has risen by almost a third amid heightened sectarian and other tensions.

Green MSP Andy Wightman says he has received e-mails in relation to flats in Edinburgh that can't be sold due to aluminium cladding.

The first minister says she will get the housing minister to look into this issue.

SNP MSP Sandra White raises the issue of the High Court case loss by WASPI women over the rise in women's state pension age.

The first minister says she is disappointed by the court judgment made this morning.

The UK government has effectively robbed these women of their pension entitlement which is disgraceful, adds Ms Sturgeon, and she calls for the UK government to reverse their decision.

Labour MSP Mark Griffin asks about job losses at Cummings UK which is set to close their factory in Cumbernauld and he calls for the first minister to intervene to save jobs.

The Scottish government will work with the company to see if there is any action that can save jobs and the company, replies Ms Sturgeon.

SNP MSP Shona Robison highlights the new "Menu For Change" report suggests Scots are being pushed into food insecurity due to low pay and delayed to Universal Credit.

Nobody should experience food insecurity in a country as prosperous as Scotland, Ms Sturgeon replies, adding it shows the UK government's reforms do not work.

Labour MSP Jenny Marra says part of human trafficking legislation which gives unaccompanied children the legal protection of the Scottish guardianship service has not yet been enacted.

The first minister agrees to provide the MSP with more information about the timeline for enacting this.