NHS in Scotland 2016

As an amendment to motion S5M-02232 in the name of Donald Cameron (NHS in Scotland 2016), leave out from first “believes” to end and insert "recognises that health and care services face increasing demand pressures and that the NHS must evolve to deliver more care in community and primary settings, as well as in the home; notes that the Scottish Government has welcomed the report’s recommendations, and, by the end of the year, will set out a cohesive framework for the delivery the integration of health and social care, the National Clinical Strategy, public health strategy, Realistic Medicine, workforce recruitment, supporting population health, and meeting the 2020 Vision; believes that the shift from acute to primary, community and social care must be accelerated; supports plans that, by the end of this parliamentary session, at least 50% of frontline NHS funding will be outwith the acute hospital sector, and condemns that the UK Government’s welfare cuts have harmed the physical and mental health of some of the most vulnerable people in society and have further increased demands being placed on health and care services."