Meeting of the Parliament 14 January 2015
I hope that in her summing up the cabinet secretary will define very carefully how she hopes to work and I wonder whether she believes that she has the breadth of vision and imagination to arrive at a consensus around which the whole Parliament can unite. Only if it can—I fear—will we respond successfully to the many well-documented challenges that we have detailed in recent months.
I move amendment S4M-12045, to leave out from first “is” to end and insert:
“, as elsewhere and throughout the UK, is under considerable seasonal pressure, particularly at A&E departments, and acknowledges the resulting and unacceptable inconvenience to thousands of patients; notes the additional funding resource being committed to the NHS in England, which has resulted in consequential funding for the NHS in Scotland in excess of £1.4 billion between 2010 and 2016; notes that the total health budget for England has been protected in real terms while similar protections have not been put in place by the Scottish Government; acknowledges that, for the NHS in Scotland to achieve a sustainable future in the face of the many well documented challenges with which it is now confronted, it requires all political parties to agree and unite in support of a long-term strategic plan, and calls on the Scottish Government, without further delay, to lead the development and implementation of such a plan within the current parliamentary session.
Motions, questions or amendments mentioned by their reference code.
- S4M-12045 Scotland's Future Motion