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Chamber and committees

Recognising NHS Western Isles' Daily COVID-19 Updates

  • Submitted by: Alasdair Allan, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 May 2022
  • Motion reference: S6M-04239

That the Parliament notes the recent announcement by NHS Western Isles that it will stop publishing daily COVID-19 numbers; commends NHS Western Isles staff, and its Chief Executive Gordon Jamieson, for the efforts they have gone to in keeping the public informed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic; understands that Gordon has been providing video updates on social media almost every evening since the beginning of pandemic, giving out details on case numbers, testing and vaccination clinics; considers that these updates acted as a source of reassurance to the public during an unprecedented public health emergency, while ensuring important information was widely distributed, and recognises what it sees as the enormous contribution that both health and care staff have made in providing care in very difficult circumstances, at the same time as a vaccination programme provided at a pace that rivalled, it believes, any other community in the country.


Supported by: Karen Adam, Clare Adamson, Colin Beattie, Ariane Burgess, Stephanie Callaghan, Donald Cameron, Jackie Dunbar, Annabelle Ewing, Joe FitzPatrick, Christine Grahame, Bill Kidd, Rona Mackay, Ruth Maguire, Gillian Martin, Audrey Nicoll, Emma Roddick, David Torrance, Elena Whitham