Motion · S5M-21122 · 4 Mar 2020
Swallowing Awareness Day
The motion
That the Parliament notes that 18 March 2020 is Swallowing Awareness Day and understands that eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties are potentially life-threatening, leading to choking, pneumonia, chest infections, dehydration, malnutrition and weight loss; considers that early identification and prevention measures in relation to swallowing difficulties results in avoiding hospital admission and avoiding poorer quality of life for individuals and families; welcomes the work of the Care Inspectorate, the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and Scottish Care, which on 18 March 2020 will launch joint guidance for care inspectors to enable them and care providers to identify good practice and improvement opportunities to better support people with swallowing difficulties, and supports both promoting greater awareness of the impact that swallowing difficulties have on health and quality of life, and the role of speech and language therapists and other health and social care professionals in preventing, identifying, assessing and managing swallowing difficulties.
Supporters (15)
- Iain Gray 4 Mar 2020
- Bill Kidd 4 Mar 2020
- Monica Lennon 4 Mar 2020
- John Mason 4 Mar 2020
- Joan McAlpine 4 Mar 2020
- Mark McDonald 4 Mar 2020
- Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party 4 Mar 2020
- Sandra White 4 Mar 2020
- Brian Whittle 4 Mar 2020
- Jeremy Balfour 5 Mar 2020
- David Torrance Scottish National Party 5 Mar 2020
- Gil Paterson 10 Mar 2020
- Clare Adamson Scottish National Party 12 Mar 2020
- Neil Findlay 13 Mar 2020
- Ruth Maguire 19 Mar 2020
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.