Health

As an amendment to motion S4M-15098 in the name of Jenny Marra (Health), leave out from “calls on” to “introduce” and insert “believes that committing at least £200 million of the £400 million of health cash consequentials from the Spending Review solely to social care puts at risk the ability of the Parliament to agree a step-change in mental health provision in Scotland; notes that the recent Audit Scotland report on the integration of social care did not recommend specific additional financial resources but did make clear that resources should be moved to a preventative approach; notes that one in four people in Scotland will have a mental ill-health issue at some time in their life and that this includes staff working in health and social care; calls for a Scottish Budget Bill for 2016-17 that takes a step-change to improve mental health services, as well as meeting other priorities in the NHS, such as ensuring that there are sufficient staff, the provision of GP services and dealing with health inequalities in Glasgow, and supports”.