Motion
Supporting Scotland’s Health and Social Care Workforce
S6M-16252 · Motion For Debate · lodged by Baillie, Jackie
Lodged on
27 Jan 2025Heard / answered on
29 Jan 2025Watch the chamber session on SPTV · lands on the meetings recorded on 29 Jan 2025
That the Parliament deeply regrets that there is a continuing crisis in both the NHS and social care; recognises that staff are the backbone of the NHS and that the Scottish Government has failed to effectively workforce plan; understands that the consequences of this failure are that patients are suffering from poorer outcomes, hard-working staff are experiencing moral injury, and NHS graduates are not being employed, and calls on the Scottish Government to urgently bring forward a 10-year health and social care workforce plan that meets the needs of the people of Scotland.
Backed by
Supported by 2 additional MSPs
Lab 2
Lodged by
Baillie, Jackie
(Scottish Labour).
- Mochan, Carol (Lab)
- Sweeney, Paul (Lab)
Final vote on motion (as amended)
29 Jan 2025
Carried
Show MSPs
For
61Against
53Abstain
7Not voted
8Amendments incorporated
- S6M-16252.1 Gray, Neil — carried 61/53: As an amendment to motion S6M-16252 in the name of Jackie Baillie (Supporting Scotland’s Health and Social Care Workforce), leave out from "there is a continuing crisis" to end and insert "current high wait times mean that too many are waiting too long for treatment; thanks hardworking NHS and social care staff who provide extraordinary care across the country; recognises that there are crises facing too many parts of the NHS; notes investment of over £11 billion in the NHS workforce and an estimated £950 million to ensure that adult social care workers, including those in the third and private sectors, are paid at least the real Living Wage; recognises that the biggest threat to the health and social care workforce comes from the UK Government's decision to increase employer national insurance contributions, and demands that the UK Labour administration reimburse the Scottish Government in full; supports the calls for the publication of a medium-term approach to health and social care reform, including workforce planning, before the Parliament's 2025 summer recess, and believes that the aim of the medium-term reforms must be to ensure that everyone can access the treatment and care that they require, in the right place, at the right time."
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That the Parliament deeply regrets that current high wait times mean that too many are waiting too long for treatment; thanks hardworking NHS and social care staff who provide extraordinary care across the country; recognises that there are crises facing too many parts of the NHS; notes investment of over £11 billion in the NHS workforce and an estimated £950 million to ensure that adult social care workers, including those in the third and private sectors, are paid at least the real Living Wage; recognises that the biggest threat to the health and social care workforce comes from the UK Government's decision to increase employer national insurance contributions, and demands that the UK Labour administration reimburse the Scottish Government in full; supports the calls for the publication of a medium-term approach to health and social care reform, including workforce planning, before the Parliament's 2025 summer recess, and believes that the aim of the medium-term reforms must be to ensure that everyone can access the treatment and care that they require, in the right place, at the right time.
Applied by the parser
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S6M-16252.1: leave out from "there is a continuing crisis" to end and insert As an amendment to motion S6M-16252 in the name of Jackie Baillie (Supporting Scotland’s Health and Social Care Workforce), leave out from "there is a continuing crisis" to end and insert "current high wait times mean that too many are waiting too long for treatment; thanks hardworking NHS and social care staff who provide extraordinary care across the country; recognises that there are crises facing too many parts of the NHS; notes investment of over £11 billion in the NHS workforce and an estimated £950 million to ensure that adult social care workers, including those in the third and private sectors, are paid at least the real Living Wage; recognises that the biggest threat to the health and social care workforce comes from the UK Government's decision to increase employer national insurance contributions, and demands that the UK Labour administration reimburse the Scottish Government in full; supports the calls for the publication of a medium-term approach to health and social care reform, including workforce planning, before the Parliament's 2025 summer recess, and believes that the aim of the medium-term reforms must be to ensure that everyone can access the treatment and care that they require, in the right place, at the right time."
In the Official Report
Debated in chamber — 6 contributions reference this
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The Deputy Presiding Officer (Liam McArthur)
LD
Chamber
· 29 Jan 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 29 January 2025
The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-16252, in the name of Jackie Baillie, on supporting Scotland’s health and social care workforce. I invite members who wish to participate to press …
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The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone)
NPA
Chamber
· 29 Jan 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 29 January 2025
There are four questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that motion S6M-16252.1, in the name of Neil Gray, which seeks to amend motion S6M-16252, in the name of Ja…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 29 Jan 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 29 January 2025
We come to the vote on amendment S6M-16252.1, in the name of Neil Gray, which seeks to amend motion S6M-16252, in the name of Jackie Baillie. Members should cast their votes now. The vote is closed.
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 29 Jan 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 29 January 2025
The next question is, that amendment S6M-16252.2, in the name of Sandesh Gulhane, which seeks to amend motion S6M-16252, in the name of Jackie Baillie, on supporting Scotland’s health and social care…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 29 Jan 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 29 January 2025
The next question is, that motion S6M-16252, in the name of Jackie Baillie, on supporting Scotland’s health and social care workforce, as amended, be agreed to. Are we agreed? Members: No.
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 29 Jan 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 29 January 2025
The result of the division on motion S6M-16252, in the name of Jackie Baillie, on supporting Scotland’s health and social care workforce, as amended, is: For 61, Against 53, Abstentions 7. Motion, a…
Amendments and how the chamber decided
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S6M-16252Selected itemCarried 61/5327 Jan 2025 · Motion For Debate · Baillie, JackieThat the Parliament deeply regrets that there is a continuing crisis in both the NHS and social care; recognises that staff are the backbone of the NHS and that the Scottish Government has failed to effectively workforce plan; understands that the consequences of this failure are that patients are suffering from poorer outcomes, hard-working staff are exp...
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S6M-16252.1Linked amendment/itemCarried 61/5328 Jan 2025 · Amendment · Gray, NeilAs an amendment to motion S6M-16252 in the name of Jackie Baillie (Supporting Scotland’s Health and Social Care Workforce), leave out from "there is a continuing crisis" to end and insert "current high wait times mean that too many are waiting too long for treatment; thanks hardworking NHS and social care staff who provide extraordinary care ac...
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S6M-16252.2Linked amendment/itemDefeated 51/6828 Jan 2025 · Amendment · Gulhane, SandeshAs an amendment to motion S6M-16252 in the name of Jackie Baillie (Supporting Scotland’s Health and Social Care Workforce), insert at end “; notes that the Scottish National Party administration has failed to deliver improvements to social care in Scotland, despite wasting nearly £30 million and years of civil servants’ time on its...