Motion · S5M-19245 · 3 Oct 2019
What? Why? Children in Hospital
The motion
That the Parliament applauds the work of Scottish Charity, What? Why? Children in Hospital (WWCIH); understands that the charity seeks to improve the lives of all families in Scotland by providing services that make hospital procedures less daunting for parents, carers and children; notes that WWCIH produces videos showing children in real-life situations asking questions, being cared for by nurses and doctors, and expressing how they feel during everything from a routine injection to a CT scan; welcomes the videos that reach over 65,000 families each month and considers that these are invaluable in tackling the trauma experienced in relation to medical procedures by helping families to overcome the fear of the unknown and demystifying hospital experiences; understands that NHS staff have reported that WWCIH videos enable parents to provide informed consent swiftly, and that tests have a higher success and completion rate, meaning that wait times are reduced, and welcomes the work undertaken by WWCIH in helping families in Scotland.
Supporters (20)
- Jackie Baillie Scottish Labour 3 Oct 2019
- Jeremy Balfour 3 Oct 2019
- Miles Briggs Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 3 Oct 2019
- Alexander Burnett Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 3 Oct 2019
- Maurice Golden 3 Oct 2019
- Iain Gray 3 Oct 2019
- Emma Harper 3 Oct 2019
- Bill Kidd 3 Oct 2019
- Liam McArthur Scottish Liberal Democrats 3 Oct 2019
- Mark McDonald 3 Oct 2019
- Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party 3 Oct 2019
- Anas Sarwar 3 Oct 2019
- Neil Bibby Scottish Labour 4 Oct 2019
- Daniel Johnson Scottish Labour 4 Oct 2019
- Tom Arthur Scottish National Party 7 Oct 2019
- Lewis Macdonald 7 Oct 2019
- Monica Lennon Scottish Labour 9 Oct 2019
- Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party 9 Oct 2019
- Colin Smyth 15 Oct 2019
- Maureen Watt 22 Oct 2019
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.