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Motion · S4M-11495 · 11 Nov 2014

Nursing Against Health Inequalities

Lodged by Malcolm Chisholm Members' Business Motion 23 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament believes that there are growing inequalities in health between the best-off and the worst-off people in the Edinburgh Northern and Leith constituency and across Scotland; notes the view that these need to be tackled as a matter of urgency;  welcomes RCN Scotland’s initiative, Nursing at the Edge, which was launched on 12 November  2014 and aims to combat health inequalities; acknowledges what it sees as the diversity and depth of the roles that nurses play in reducing such inequalities; notes the calls for shadow health and social care integration boards to support services that reduce inequalities and for them to invest in nursing roles that allow such services to be successful, and further notes the calls for the Scottish Government, NHS boards, local authorities and shadow integration boards to put in place long-term secure funding for services that are designed to reduce health inequalities.

Supporters (23)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.