As an amendment to motion S6M-19977 in the name of Jackie Baillie (Crisis in Social Care), leave out from ", and calls" to end and insert "; recognises the significant impact that delays to social care packages and inadequate community-based social care provision have on the NHS, including longer avoidable stays in hospital; condemns the waste of £30 million for developing the now abandoned plans for a National Care Service; urges the Scottish Government to address record levels of delayed discharge and rising waiting times for social care assessments, and calls on the Scottish Ministers to close the funding gaps faced by health and social care partnerships by ensuring councils are appropriately funded, establish a proper workforce plan for social care to improve recruitment and retention of staff, and make sure that the value of Scotland’s care workforce is properly recognised."
Submitted by: Jackie Baillie, Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, December 1, 2025
Motion reference: S6M-19977
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Supported by: Paul Sweeney
Result 67 for, 51 against, 5 abstained, 6 did not vote Agreed
Submitted by: Neil Gray, Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Motion reference: S6M-19977.1
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Supported by: Tom Arthur, Jenni Minto, Maree Todd
Result 68 for, 55 against, 0 abstained, 6 did not vote Agreed