2023 MS Awareness Week
- Submitted by: Liam McArthur, Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats.
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 April 2023
- Motion reference: S6M-08602
That the Parliament welcomes MS Awareness Week, taking place from 24 to 30 April 2023; understands that Scotland has one of the highest rates per head of population of multiple sclerosis (MS) in the world, with around 15,500 people living with the condition; notes that MS can cause a range of often fluctuating physical and cognitive symptoms, which impact the way people move and feel; understands that MS affects everyone with the condition differently; welcomes the work of charities, such as the MS Society, Revive MS and the MS Trust, in raising awareness of, and supporting people living with, MS; understands that, this MS Awareness Week, the MS Society is focusing on promoting mental wellbeing among people living with MS; believes they are encouraging people with MS to share their experience of the condition with the social media hashtag of #MSMakesMe, and calls on MSPs across the Parliament to help raise awareness of MS and MS Week.
Supported by:
Karen Adam, Clare Adamson, Jackie Baillie, Claire Baker, Jeremy Balfour, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Donald Cameron, Finlay Carson, Maggie Chapman, Foysol Choudhury, Alex Cole-Hamilton, Sharon Dowey, Jackie Dunbar, Pam Duncan-Glancy, Annabelle Ewing, Jim Fairlie, Murdo Fraser, Kenneth Gibson, Pam Gosal, Rhoda Grant, Mark Griffin, Dr. Sandesh Gulhane, Emma Harper, Fiona Hyslop, Bill Kidd, Monica Lennon, Richard Leonard, Douglas Lumsden, Rona Mackay, Ruth Maguire, John Mason, Stuart McMillan, Carol Mochan, Paul O'Kane, Douglas Ross, Alex Rowley, Colin Smyth, Paul Sweeney, John Swinney, David Torrance, Evelyn Tweed, Mercedes Villalba, Tess White, Brian Whittle, Beatrice Wishart