NHS Waiting Times

As an amendment to motion S4M-05813 in the name of Jackie Baillie (NHS Waiting Times), leave out from first “believes” to end and insert "welcomes the significant progress made on improving waiting times in recent years; recognises that the Labour administration's hidden waiting lists meant that over a third of all patients in Scotland were on a hidden waiting list and had no treatment time guarantee; notes that this system has been scrapped and replaced with a system designed to be patient-led to ensure fairness; further notes that both the internal audits of NHS boards and the recent Audit Scotland investigation found no evidence of deliberate manipulation of waiting lists; further recognises that under the current administration the number of A&E consultants will have more than doubled by the end of 2013; further welcomes the £50 million unscheduled care action plan that has been developed by the Scottish Government, NHS Scotland and medical colleges, and supports an NHS that has care of patients at its centre and that values the work of its hard-working staff."