St John’s Hospital

As an amendment to motion S5M-19194 in the name of Angela Constance (St John’s Hospital), after "local inpatient care;" insert "considers that a crisis in staffing at St John’s Hospital has gone on for seven years and has resulted in three separate closures to the out of hours service; condemns consecutive health secretaries for what it considers their inability to address staffing at the ward; believes that this situation, alongside the ongoing issues at the new Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, is an appalling example of the Scottish Government’s failure to provide direction and leadership to the NHS;".