Motion
Ending NHS Long Waits
S6M-11874.1 · Amendment · lodged by Gulhane, Sandesh
Lodged on
16 Jan 2024Heard / answered on
17 Jan 2024Watch the chamber session on SPTV · lands on the meetings recorded on 17 Jan 2024
As an amendment to motion S6M-11874 in the name of Jackie Baillie (Ending NHS Long Waits), insert at end "; regrets that over one million people have had to wait more than four hours at A&E in this parliamentary session alone; stresses the need to bring down long waits for mental health services, and condemns the decision of the Scottish Ministers to introduce a real-terms cut to the budget for alcohol and drug services while drug deaths in Scotland remain disturbingly high."
Lodged by
Gulhane, Sandesh
alone — no additional MSPs have signed on.
Amendment division result
17 Jan 2024
Defeated
Show MSPs
For
56Against
66Abstain
1Not voted
6In the Official Report
Debated in chamber — 3 contributions reference this
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Sandesh Gulhane
Con
Chamber
· 17 Jan 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 17 January 2024
I could not agree more. Our kids are suffering and our SNP Government is not looking after them. Let us look at the NHS estate. The SNP’s manifesto pledged to invest £10 billion over a decade to re…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 17 Jan 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 17 January 2024
The next question is, that amendment S6M-11874.1, in the name of Sandesh Gulhane, which seeks to amend motion S6M-11874, in the name of Jackie Baillie, on ending long waits in the NHS, be agreed to. …
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 17 Jan 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 17 January 2024
The result of the division on amendment S6M-11874.1, in the name of Sandesh Gulhane, is: For 56, Against 66, Abstentions 1. Amendment disagreed to.
Amendments and how the chamber decided
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S6M-11874Original motion15 Jan 2024 · Motion For Debate · Baillie, JackieThat the Parliament is alarmed that almost one in six people in Scotland are languishing on NHS waiting lists for tests or treatment; notes that the Scottish Government has failed to meet its own target, set out in July 2022 by the current First Minister, to eliminate the longest waits in planned care, with a staggering 80,000 people currently waiting ove...
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S6M-11874.1Selected itemDefeated 56/6616 Jan 2024 · Amendment · Gulhane, SandeshAs an amendment to motion S6M-11874 in the name of Jackie Baillie (Ending NHS Long Waits), insert at end "; regrets that over one million people have had to wait more than four hours at A&E in this parliamentary session alone; stresses the need to bring down long waits for mental health services, and condemns the decision of the Scottish Ministers to ...