Hansard

The Presiding Officer (Tricia Marwick) NPA

The next item of business is a debate on motion S4M-01262, in the name of Michael Matheson, on rehabilitation and enablement in Scotland. Mr Matheson, you ha...

The Minister for Public Health (Michael Matheson) SNP

Thank you, Presiding Officer. That sounded like I might have 15 or 16 minutes!I am pleased to open this debate on rehabilitation and enablement, particularly...

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con) Con

Given that physiotherapy will be one of the main focuses of the debate, I point out that, according to the response to a freedom of information request that ...

Michael Matheson SNP

I am aware that people wait too long to access rehabilitation services, including physiotherapy. As I develop my speech, I will try to explain to the chamber...

Mary Scanlon Con

The minister talks about AHPs. Can I assume that he will not be looking at the waiting lists for mental health? Will that be included in his plan?

Michael Matheson SNP

We will look at the role that AHPs have across the board, whether in general medical services or in mental health. It is important that we are clear about th...

The Presiding Officer NPA

I ask members who wish to take part in the debate who have not yet pressed their request-to-speak button to please do so now. Jackie Baillie, you have a gene...

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab) Lab

I start by apologising to members for the fact that I will be unable to be in the chamber for the closing speeches. I have, of course, sought your permission...

Alison McInnes (North East Scotland) (LD) LD

Does the member share my concerns about the 25 per cent cut in the budget available to registered social landlords for housing adaptations?

Jackie Baillie Lab

I am about to share with members an example of something that happened in the context of registered social landlords. A family had to wait a year for vital a...

Kevin Stewart (Aberdeen Central) (SNP) SNP

Will the member give way?

Jackie Baillie Lab

In a minute.Despite a promise made in the chamber by the minister’s predecessor, Shona Robison, that the number of waits of more than six weeks would be zero...

Kevin Stewart SNP

Ms Baillie pointed out that there were 95 delayed discharges in July and 12 in April. Does the member acknowledge that in October 2001, when her Executive wa...

Jackie Baillie Lab

Had the member cared to listen carefully, he would know that the plan and the resources were actually put in place by the previous Labour Administration and,...

Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con) Con

I welcome this debate, which is timely given our rapidly increasing elderly population and the demands that the changing demographic will place on our health...

The Presiding Officer NPA

One moment, Ms Milne. Will someone in broadcasting turn Ms Milne’s microphone up just a touch, as it is very quiet?

Nanette Milne Con

Do you want me to go back, Presiding Officer?

The Presiding Officer NPA

No, no—keep going.

Nanette Milne Con

The change fund arrangements are welcome, but they will need to be closely monitored to ensure their effectiveness. As Jackie Baillie has said, there are alr...

Derek Mackay (Renfrewshire North and West) (SNP) SNP

The point about vacancy management and the lack of new professionals coming into the system was raised earlier. Part of the reason for that is arguably the G...

Nanette Milne Con

My party has no specific policy on that, but I have an issue with workforce planning and the appointment of physiotherapists.Occupational therapists, podiatr...

Jackie Baillie Lab

Does Nanette Milne agree that if health service inflation is taken into account, there is in fact a real-terms reduction in the health budget of £319 million...

Nanette Milne Con

The health budget has nevertheless continued to increase, although there are issues around the allocation of the budget to different sectors. That is perhaps...

The Presiding Officer NPA

Will the member wind up?

Nanette Milne Con

I am concluding, Presiding Officer.I fully recognise the importance of rehabilitation and reablement in supporting the health and social wellbeing of people ...

The Presiding Officer NPA

We now move to the open debate. I call Jim Eadie, to be followed by Malcolm Chisholm. We still have a bit of time in hand, particularly for members who want ...

Jim Eadie (Edinburgh Southern) (SNP) SNP

The motion sets out several key challenges that we face as a society. Foremost among those is ensuring the health and wellbeing of the older population, peop...

Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh Northern and Leith) (Lab) Lab

I am always fascinated by the continuity in health and community care policy from the Administration that governed until 2007 to the current Scottish Governm...

Mark McDonald (North East Scotland) (SNP) SNP

The member might be aware of a pilot scheme that was undertaken in Dundee in which, at the end of the reablement process, some 60 per cent of users required ...

Malcolm Chisholm Lab

I accept that, and I realise that the scheme has been rolled out in many other parts of Scotland, but Edinburgh was the first when it started in 2008.The res...