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The Deputy Presiding Officer (Elaine Smith) Lab

The next item of business is a debate on motion S4M-08155, in the name of Alex Neil, on person-centred healthcare.14:12

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing (Alex Neil) SNP

I thought that it would be useful for us to have a fairly wide-ranging debate on health and social care in Scotland, given where we are—particularly as we ar...

Neil Findlay Lab

Before the cabinet secretary moves off the subject of GPs, will he address the system of GP appointments? In some practices, people have to take a ticket as ...

Alex Neil SNP

We are already looking into it, and a number of pilot schemes have been carried out in Midlothian. In one GP surgery, the patients preferred not to have an a...

Neil Findlay (Lothian) (Lab) Lab

I begin by declaring an interest, in that my wife and daughter work in the NHS.I say at the outset that Scottish Labour shares and supports the good intentio...

Mark McDonald (Aberdeen Donside) (SNP) SNP

I take on board what the member is saying, but as he will know there have always been and will always be individual examples of people whose care does not me...

Neil Findlay Lab

That might be the case from a survey, but I tend rather to speak to people on a daily basis who come to my surgery, email me and talk to me. I am sure that m...

The Deputy Presiding Officer Lab

I ask you to move your amendment, Mr Findlay.

Neil Findlay Lab

I move amendment S4M-08155.1, to insert at end:“; commends the hard work and dedication of those working in Scotland’s health and care services, and calls on...

Jim Hume (South Scotland) (LD) LD

I, too, welcome the opportunity to participate in this afternoon’s wide-ranging debate.In 2010, when the Deputy First Minister introduced the Patient Rights ...

Alex Neil SNP

I explain to the member that one reason why there are so many more vacancies is that there are many more jobs because we have doubled the number of consultan...

Jim Hume LD

I am grateful for that, but the situation is worse with nurses and midwives. In June, there were 1,672.9 whole-time equivalent vacancies. The number of vacan...

Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con) Con

Despite certain parts of the previous two speeches, I think—and hope—that the debate is likely to be another fairly consensual one on health. None of us can ...

Dr Richard Simpson (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) Lab

Is the member aware of the fact that the guidance that was issued on the quality outcomes framework in May this year, one month after it came in, ran to 224 ...

Nanette Milne Con

I confess that I was not aware of that, but it is interesting information—I thank Dr Simpson.When my husband did GP locums after retiring from full-time prac...

The Deputy Presiding Officer Lab

Before we move to the open debate, I remind members that those who participate in the debate must be in the chamber for closing speeches at the end of the de...

Bob Doris (Glasgow) (SNP) SNP

I am delighted to speak in today’s debate on person-centred care. As deputy convener of the Health and Sport Committee, I often meet stakeholder groups in he...

Siobhan McMahon (Central Scotland) (Lab) Lab

Last week, I and a number of colleagues from Lanarkshire met Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s review team. During what I thought was a productive meeting, t...

Aileen McLeod (South Scotland) (SNP) SNP

I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate on a fundamental principle in the delivery of safe, effective and world-class care for the people of Scotla...

George Adam (Paisley) (SNP) SNP

The Scottish Government’s ambitious plans for person-centred healthcare are to be welcomed. The Scottish Government introduced its healthcare quality strateg...

Neil Findlay Lab

Maybe I could mention the other side of self-directed support. People come to us from third sector organisations that provide person-centred support and they...

George Adam SNP

If I was Mr Findlay, I would make sure that I was speaking in the right debate when I said things. What he raises is more a procurement issue than an issue a...

Margaret McCulloch (Central Scotland) (Lab) Lab

The Royal College of Nursing tells us that person-centred care is one of its eight principles of nursing practice. It is a holistic approach based on mutual ...

Alex Neil SNP

Our capital budget has been cut by 26 per cent this year alone. That cut originated from Alistair Darling. It is impossible to meet all the original commitme...

Margaret McCulloch Lab

We support the protection of front-line services; that is not happening under the SNP’s watch.Meanwhile, plans for minor injuries units in places such as Cum...

Fiona McLeod (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (SNP) SNP

The ambition to have person-centred healthcare is not new, as I know from my many years as a health service librarian. More than 20 years ago, I worked in pa...

Mark McDonald (Aberdeen Donside) (SNP) SNP

We have heard much about what person-centred healthcare and support are. A 2011 Joseph Rowntree Foundation report entitled “Transforming social care: sustain...

Neil Findlay Lab

I am sure that the member will be gracious enough to acknowledge that, because the Government could not meet the targets, the cabinet secretary had to change...

Mark McDonald SNP

It is good to see that Mr Findlay does not accept the progress that the Government has been making on accident and emergency waiting times.During Mr Findlay’...

Dr Simpson Lab

We passed an excellent Patient Rights (Scotland) Act 2011 with a new complaints system that includes the four Cs: compliments, comments, concerns and complai...