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Welcoming the New Report by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Scotland (RCPCH)

  • Submitted by: Jackie Baillie, Dumbarton, Scottish Labour.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 19 May 2025
  • Motion reference: S6M-17567

That the Parliament welcomes the publication of a new report by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Scotland (RCPCH), Collaborative Healthcare in Scotland: Delivering the services children need in the community; notes that the report follows the publication of its Worried and Waiting: A Review of Paediatric Waiting Times in Scotland 2024; recognises what it sees as the pressures community child health services are currently under in Scotland; believes that immediate action is needed to address service and workforce issues outlined in the report; considers that delays in accessing community child health services can have long-lasting impact on children and families; recognises RCPCH Scotland’s recommendations that centre around five core themes of the urgent need for data, creating a sustainable child health workforce, collaborative care, positive transitions to adult services, and neurodevelopmental services; calls on the Scottish Government to engage with RCPCH to further understand the issues, and commends RCPCH, Dr Mairi Stark and the children and young people for their calls to improve community paediatric and child health services in Scotland.

 


Supported by: Paul Sweeney