The NHS in Scotland

As an amendment to motion S4M-08752 in the name of Neil Findlay (The NHS in Scotland), leave out from “notes” to end and insert "commends NHS Scotland’s staff’s commitment, professionalism and dedication as being key to patients, who are being treated faster than ever and at a time when the NHS is seeing more patients than ever before; welcomes the mandatory implementation of the nursing workload and workforce planning tools, and how staffing projections have been informed by these tools, which will be published regularly from summer 2014; notes the development of the new bed planning toolkit, which will support NHS boards to keep bed capacity requirements under regular review; considers that these evidence-based tools are vital to ensuring that the health service has the right skills and capacity in place to meet the needs of the people of Scotland; recognises that the Scottish Patient Safety Programme is a world leader in patient safety and has been the central force in driving up standards in Scottish hospitals since its inception; believes that health and social care integration will empower service planning and delivery, and welcomes the Scottish Government’s 2020 vision for health and social care in Scotland and the route map to focus on improving quality in Scotland's health and care services."