Monklands Replacement Project's Summer Schools

That the Parliament welcomes the success of the 2026 Summer School programme delivered by the Monklands Replacement Project; notes that more than 60 S4 to S6 pupils from across Lanarkshire participated in three programmes covering construction, clinical care and facilities management; understands that pupils attending the construction programme learned about project management, quantity surveying, building surveying, cost control and workplace safety, and also visited the site of the proposed new hospital; further understands that the clinical programme introduced pupils to nursing, occupational therapy, orthoptics, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy through the care journey of a patient who had experienced a stroke; welcomes the introduction of an additional off-site programme for pupils unable to attend the hospital-based events, which explored how facilities management roles support safe patient care; believes that practical learning of this kind can build confidence, widen young people’s understanding of the careers available to them and connect classroom learning with real workplaces; commends everyone involved in delivering the programme, and wishes the participating pupils well for the future.