Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 17 March 2011
17 Mar 2011 · S3 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Scottish Executive Question Time
Dementia Strategy
Health and Wellbeing
I draw the minister’s attention to the most recent meeting of the cross-party group on Alzheimer’s, at which we heard from research experts in the field. Is she aware that the Scottish dementia clinical research network’s funding is guaranteed only until March 2012? Does she agree that if we are to achieve the world-class status to which the dementia strategy refers, a commitment to long-term, secure funding is vital, to enable the network to undertake much-needed long-term planning?
In the same item of business
John Farquhar Munro (Ross, Skye and Inverness West) (LD)
LD
13. To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide an update on the implementation of the dementia strategy. (S3O-13371)
The Minister for Public Health and Sport (Shona Robison)
SNP
Implementation of the strategy is progressing well. For example, care standards and a national skills and competencies framework for health and social care s...
John Farquhar Munro
LD
I thank the minister for her positive response. Like my colleague Nicol Stephen, this is probably the last time that I will speak in the Parliament, but I th...
Shona Robison
SNP
I thank John Farquhar Munro for his kind and supportive words and I wish him well in the future. I know of his interest in the dementia strategy. The issue h...
Irene Oldfather (Cunninghame South) (Lab)
Lab
I draw the minister’s attention to the most recent meeting of the cross-party group on Alzheimer’s, at which we heard from research experts in the field. Is ...
Shona Robison
SNP
I acknowledge the member’s long-term interest in the issue and the good work of the cross-party group, which was very much involved in the development of the...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
Lab
Question 14 was not lodged. Question 15 was withdrawn.