Motion · S3M-02482 · 3 Sep 2008
Action on Thrombosis
The motion
That the Parliament notes with concern that, according to provisional figures from the Scottish Government, the total number of deaths from thrombosis in 2007 was 12,275, which represents 21% of all deaths in Scotland; further notes that in 2006 thrombosis killed more than fifty times the number of people who died from MRSA and Clostridium difficile combined, and therefore considers that action should be taken to increase awareness of thrombosis among the public and health professionals and establish an effective prevention strategy for thrombosis in Scottish hospitals, such as some sort of screening regime, to help save valuable NHS resources from treating a disease that can often be prevented if a patient knows they are at risk in the first place and to help avoid tragedies like that of Katie McPherson from Langbank, who died as a result of deep vein thrombosis.
Supporters (31)
- Ms Wendy Alexander 4 Sep 2008
- Jackie Baillie Scottish Labour 4 Sep 2008
- Sarah Boyack 4 Sep 2008
- Bill Butler 4 Sep 2008
- Jackson Carlaw 4 Sep 2008
- Cathie Craigie 4 Sep 2008
- Margaret Curran 4 Sep 2008
- Helen Eadie 4 Sep 2008
- George Foulkes 4 Sep 2008
- Kenneth Gibson No Party Affiliation 4 Sep 2008
- Iain Gray 4 Sep 2008
- Patrick Harvie Scottish Green Party 4 Sep 2008
- Hugh Henry 4 Sep 2008
- Jamie Hepburn Scottish National Party 4 Sep 2008
- Bill Kidd 4 Sep 2008
- Elaine Murray 4 Sep 2008
- Hugh O'Donnell 4 Sep 2008
- Elaine Smith 4 Sep 2008
- Sandra White 4 Sep 2008
- Karen Whitefield 4 Sep 2008
- David Whitton 4 Sep 2008
- Angela Constance Scottish National Party 5 Sep 2008
- Ken Macintosh 5 Sep 2008
- Mary Mulligan 5 Sep 2008
- Dr Richard Simpson 5 Sep 2008
- Marilyn Livingstone 8 Sep 2008
- Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party 8 Sep 2008
- Cathy Peattie 8 Sep 2008
- Mary Scanlon 8 Sep 2008
- Bill Wilson 8 Sep 2008
- Cathy Jamieson 1 Oct 2008
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.