As an amendment to motion S6M-04472 in the name of Humza Yousaf (Long COVID), leave out from “believes” to the end and insert “notes that 151,000 people in Scotland are currently estimated to have long COVID in Scotland, including 64,000 who have been experiencing symptoms for more than a year; recognises that the number of people experiencing symptoms for more than a year has doubled in the last six months, and that faster action from the Scottish Government could have alleviated this and reduced the very substantial pressure on primary care; regrets the pace of the approach taken by the Scottish Government, which has seen funding allocated a full six months after it was promised; regrets that a lack of adequate data from the Scottish Government has contributed to its slow and inadequate response; notes that £10 million for all NHS boards over three financial years will be wholly insufficient to tackle the scale of the problem; regrets the Scottish Government’s continued failure to deliver specialist long COVID clinics in Scotland, meaning that people in Scotland are being left behind without access to the treatment they deserve; calls, in consequence, on the Scottish Government to deliver a network of long COVID clinics across Scotland; requests that the Scottish Government undertakes work with relevant clinical and regulatory partners to develop a long COVID clinical pathway, and asks the Scottish Government to adopt an app-based treatment service to reduce pressures on other parts of the NHS.”
Result 29 for, 62 against, 19 abstained, 19 did not vote Disagreed
Submitted by: Humza Yousaf, Glasgow Pollok, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Motion reference: S6M-04472
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, May 19, 2022
Supported by: Kevin Stewart, Maree Todd
Result 62 for, 29 against, 18 abstained, 20 did not vote Agreed
Submitted by: Jackie Baillie, Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Motion reference: S6M-04472.1
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, May 19, 2022
Supported by: Paul Sweeney
Result 48 for, 61 against, 0 abstained, 20 did not vote Disagreed
Submitted by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Motion reference: S6M-04472.2
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, May 19, 2022
Result 46 for, 62 against, 1 abstained, 20 did not vote Disagreed