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Tackling Scotland’s Mental Health Crisis - Amendment

  • Submitted by: Maree Todd, Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 May 2023
  • Motion reference: S6M-08955.3
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 17 May 2023

As an amendment to motion S6M-08955 in the name of Jackie Baillie (Tackling Scotland’s Mental Health Crisis), leave out from first "and" to end and insert "; understands that many people are struggling with their mental health and wellbeing, so welcomes this debate as an important opportunity to talk openly about issues such as anxiety; recognises the cumulative impact that the COVID-19 pandemic, the conflict in Ukraine, Brexit and the cost of living crisis have had on the mental wellbeing of children, young people and adults across the country; welcomes the fact that mental health spending has doubled in cash terms from £651 million in 2006-07 to £1.3 billion in 2021-22, and that, as a result of that investment, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and psychological therapies staffing has more than doubled; acknowledges that the Scottish Government has exceeded its commitment to fund over 800 additional mental health workers in settings such as A&E departments, GP practices, police custody suites and prisons; notes the aims to increase mental health staffing further, but recognises that supporting wider community resilience is as important as enhancing NHS capacity; welcomes, therefore, the fact that, between July and December 2022, more than 45,000 children, young people and their family members across Scotland accessed community-based mental health support; acknowledges the benefit of the 3,300 grants provided to grassroots community organisations through the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for adults in the past two years, with a further £15 million of investment confirmed for 2023-24; notes that, since its launch in 2017, the Distress Brief Intervention programme has provided support to over 40,000 people; recognises that every death lost to suicide is an enormous tragedy, which leaves devastating and long-lasting impacts on families, friends and communities; supports the aims of the work being driven forward by a wide range of partners as a result of the Scottish Government and COSLA's Suicide Prevention Strategy and Action Plan, published in 2022, and believes that these efforts will be enhanced by the publication in June 2023 of a new Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy, which will focus on further action required to support mental health and wellbeing."

Vote

Result 64 for, 53 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote Vote Passed

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Related motion

Motion ref. S6M-08955

Tackling Scotland’s Mental Health Crisis

Submitted by: Jackie Baillie, Dumbarton, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Monday, May 15, 2023

Supported by: Carol Mochan, Paul Sweeney, Mercedes Villalba
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Result 64 for, 53 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote Vote Passed

Defeated related amendments

Motion ref. S6M-08955.1

Tackling Scotland’s Mental Health Crisis - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Sue Webber, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Result 53 for, 64 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote Vote Defeated

Amendments that have not been voted on

Motion ref. S6M-08955.2

Tackling Scotland’s Mental Health Crisis - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Monday, January 1, 0001