Miles Briggs MSP

That the Parliament commends the Edinburgh Evening News on its initiative in establishing a Facebook group to help coordinate the response in the city to the COVID-19 outbreak to act as a community hub for people throughout the outbreak; recognises that it will be a resource for sharing useful information, advice and contact details, and notes that it will act as a forum to coordinate community efforts, including sharing appeals to help older or vulnerable neighbours, highlighting offers of assistance from businesses working proactively to help the community and providing details of groups supporting the people who need help the most.

That the Parliament commends the Edinburgh Evening News on its initiative in establishing a Facebook group to help coordinate the response in the city to the COVID-19 outbreak to act as a community hub for people throughout the outbreak; recognises that it will be a resource for sharing useful information, advice and contact details, and notes that it will act as a forum to coordinate community efforts, including sharing appeals to help older or vulnerable neighbours, highlighting offers of assistance from businesses working proactively to help the community and providing details of groups supporting the people who need help the most.

As an amendment to motion S5M-20882 in the name of Monica Lennon (Standing up for NHS Staff and Patients), insert at end "; believes that there is a need to improve the holistic care and support provided to NHS and social care staff, including pre- and post-shift support, in order to promote wellbeing; condemns bullying in any part of the NHS, and calls on the Scottish Government to bring a full debate on the Sturrock review before Parliament at the earliest opportunity.”

As an amendment to motion S5M-20882 in the name of Monica Lennon (Standing up for NHS Staff and Patients), insert at end "; believes that there is a need to improve the holistic care and support provided to NHS and social care staff, including pre- and post-shift support, in order to promote wellbeing; condemns bullying in any part of the NHS, and calls on the Scottish Government to bring a full debate on the Sturrock review before Parliament at the earliest opportunity.”

That the Parliament notes that 24 March 2020 marks World Tuberculosis Day; understands that tuberculosis (TB) remains the world’s deadliest infectious disease, killing 1.5 million people each year; notes what it sees as uneven progress in the delivery of the commitments made at the UN High-Level Meeting on TB, including efforts to diagnose and treat 40 million people with TB by 2022, and dramatically increase investments in research; considers that the most vulnerable and marginalised are at greatest risk of both TB and drug-resistant TB, including in Scotland; acknowledges the successful replenishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and notes the vital work carried out by clinical staff, scientists and civil society organisations across Scotland, and globally, to deliver on the sustainable development goal of ending TB by 2030.

That the Parliament notes that 24 March 2020 marks World Tuberculosis Day; understands that tuberculosis (TB) remains the world’s deadliest infectious disease, killing 1.5 million people each year; notes what it sees as uneven progress in the delivery of the commitments made at the UN High-Level Meeting on TB, including efforts to diagnose and treat 40 million people with TB by 2022, and dramatically increase investments in research; considers that the most vulnerable and marginalised are at greatest risk of both TB and drug-resistant TB, including in Scotland; acknowledges the successful replenishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and notes the vital work carried out by clinical staff, scientists and civil society organisations across Scotland, and globally, to deliver on the sustainable development goal of ending TB by 2030.

That the Parliament understands that the condition pre-eclampsia affects at least 6% of all pregnancies in Scotland, and that 70% of women admitted to hospital with suspected pre-eclampsia do not actually have the condition, which it considers results in cost implications for the healthcare system and unnecessary stress and inconvenience for the women and families involved; further understands that, in 2016, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) published guidelines recommending blood testing of placental growth factor (PlGF), stating that PlGF-based testing "can help rule out the condition in women presenting with suspected pre-eclampsia", and that this testing is currently being implemented in NHS England; believes that PlGF-based testing is not routinely used in Scotland despite repeated calls for its implementation by the charity, Action on Pre-eclampsia; considers that there is a disparity in care for pregnant women in Scotland, including in the Lothian region, compared with England, and notes the calls on the Scottish Government to address what it sees as this disparity.

That the Parliament understands that the condition pre-eclampsia affects at least 6% of all pregnancies in Scotland, and that 70% of women admitted to hospital with suspected pre-eclampsia do not actually have the condition, which it considers results in cost implications for the healthcare system and unnecessary stress and inconvenience for the women and families involved; further understands that, in 2016, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) published guidelines recommending blood testing of placental growth factor (PlGF), stating that PlGF-based testing "can help rule out the condition in women presenting with suspected pre-eclampsia", and that this testing is currently being implemented in NHS England; believes that PlGF-based testing is not routinely used in Scotland despite repeated calls for its implementation by the charity, Action on Pre-eclampsia; considers that there is a disparity in care for pregnant women in Scotland, including in the Lothian region, compared with England, and notes the calls on the Scottish Government to address what it sees as this disparity.

That the Parliament welcomes the publication of the report, The impact of population ageing on end of life care in Scotland: Population-based projections of place of death and recommendations for future service provision, by Marie Curie, the University of Edinburgh and Kings College London; praises this research, which explores projections for place of death by 2040; recognises that projected trends suggest that two thirds of people will die outside of hospital settings by 2040; acknowledges the report’s findings that more investment in community-based care is needed, particularly an increase in care home capacity, to support this shift in care; further acknowledges that terminally ill people and those at the end of their lives should be a high priority for those that commission health and social care services, and notes the view that sustainable funding of services is needed; further notes the recommendations from the research that there is a need to upskill the health and social care workforce in palliative and end of life care through education, training and valuing of their work, explore digital solutions and technologies to support people in the community, and mobilise communities to support people needing care; commends Marie Curie's proactivity in encouraging early conversations about dying, death, bereavement and grief, and notes calls to encourage further public debate so that people have early conversations about end of life, and enable them to plan to die in their place of choice.

That the Parliament welcomes the publication of the report, The impact of population ageing on end of life care in Scotland: Population-based projections of place of death and recommendations for future service provision, by Marie Curie, the University of Edinburgh and Kings College London; praises this research, which explores projections for place of death by 2040; recognises that projected trends suggest that two thirds of people will die outside of hospital settings by 2040; acknowledges the report’s findings that more investment in community-based care is needed, particularly an increase in care home capacity, to support this shift in care; further acknowledges that terminally ill people and those at the end of their lives should be a high priority for those that commission health and social care services, and notes the view that sustainable funding of services is needed; further notes the recommendations from the research that there is a need to upskill the health and social care workforce in palliative and end of life care through education, training and valuing of their work, explore digital solutions and technologies to support people in the community, and mobilise communities to support people needing care; commends Marie Curie's proactivity in encouraging early conversations about dying, death, bereavement and grief, and notes calls to encourage further public debate so that people have early conversations about end of life, and enable them to plan to die in their place of choice.

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review the quality indicators in the Care Inspectorate document, A quality framework for care homes for older people, to ensure there is appropriate emphasis on infection control, and what its position is on whether the comment in the paper that “the primary purpose of the quality framework is to support services to self evaluate”, is sufficient to ensure the health and wellbeing of residents.

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review the quality indicators in the Care Inspectorate document, A quality framework for care homes for older people, to ensure there is appropriate emphasis on infection control, and what its position is on whether the comment in the paper that “the primary purpose of the quality framework is to support services to self evaluate”, is sufficient to ensure the health and wellbeing of residents.

To ask the Scottish Government how many care homes have had their registration cancelled by the Care Inspectorate in each year since 2007 due to a failure to achieve standards, and how many such failures have been recorded since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak.

To ask the Scottish Government how many care homes have had their registration cancelled by the Care Inspectorate in each year since 2007 due to a failure to achieve standards, and how many such failures have been recorded since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak.

To ask the Scottish Government what clinical guidance has been issued to NHS boards on the admittance of patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 into hospital.

To ask the Scottish Government what clinical guidance has been issued to NHS boards on the admittance of patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 into hospital.

To ask the Scottish Government how many meetings Ministers held to discuss the Silver Swan pandemic meeting in 2015.

To ask the Scottish Government how many meetings Ministers held to discuss the Silver Swan pandemic meeting in 2015.

To ask the Scottish Government how much additional funding to tackle COVID-19 has been given to each NHS board.

To ask the Scottish Government how much additional funding to tackle COVID-19 has been given to each NHS board.