Motion · S3M-07024 · 20 Sep 2010
Supporting Epilepsy Specialist Nurses
The motion
That the Parliament welcomes Epilepsy Action’s report, Best Care: the value of epilepsy specialist nurses; supports Epilepsy Action’s campaign to preserve epilepsy specialist nurse (ESN) posts and welcomes the campaigning activity of Epilepsy Scotland, Quarriers and other organisations; believes that ESNs make an invaluable contribution to patient care; considers that ESNs save costs by reducing demand on consultants’ time, reducing hospital admissions and reducing emergency readmissions; understands that there is an increasing threat to ESNs of redundancy, reduced working hours or assignment to non-specialist duties as NHS boards seek short-term cost savings, and believes that the Scottish Government must ensure that there is a strategic plan to enable all patients across Scotland assessed as requiring access to an ESN to have that access.
Supporters (24)
- Jackie Baillie Scottish Labour 21 Sep 2010
- Bill Butler 21 Sep 2010
- Patricia Ferguson 21 Sep 2010
- Trish Godman 21 Sep 2010
- Robin Harper 21 Sep 2010
- Jamie Hepburn Scottish National Party 21 Sep 2010
- Mary Mulligan 21 Sep 2010
- Mike Pringle 21 Sep 2010
- Cathie Craigie 22 Sep 2010
- Hugh Henry 22 Sep 2010
- Alison McInnes 22 Sep 2010
- Pauline McNeill Scottish Labour 22 Sep 2010
- Karen Whitefield 22 Sep 2010
- Jack McConnell 23 Sep 2010
- Dr Richard Simpson 23 Sep 2010
- Elaine Smith 23 Sep 2010
- Nicol Stephen 27 Sep 2010
- Robert Brown 4 Oct 2010
- Des McNulty 4 Oct 2010
- Ken Macintosh 5 Oct 2010
- Elaine Murray 8 Oct 2010
- George Foulkes 12 Oct 2010
- Cathy Peattie 14 Oct 2010
- John Park 18 Oct 2010
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.