Motion · S2M-01481 · 15 Jun 2004

Urgent Need to Tackle Hepatitis C, Public Health Crisis

Lodged by Mr Keith Raffan Members' Business Motion 35 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament welcomes the launch of the UK Hepatitis C Resource Centre for Scotland; recognises the urgent need to raise awareness of what the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh described in their UK Hepatitis C Consensus Statement of April 2004 as a “public health crisis” which affects between 45,000 and 65,000 people in Scotland, and believes that the Scottish Executive should acknowledge that, as with HIV/AIDS, this epidemic can only be effectively tackled through central, ring-fenced funding for both treatment and prevention.

Supporters (35)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.