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Motion · S5M-22155 · 25 Jun 2020

NHS Lanarkshire Team is Part of COVID-19 Breakthrough

Lodged by Margaret Mitchell Standard Motion 18 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament welcomes the news that a team of health professionals from NHS Lanarkshire were part of reportedly the biggest breakthrough so far in the battle against COVID-19; understands that doctors, nurses, pharmacists and research experts who are based across the three NHS Lanarkshire acute hospitals were part of the UK-wide Oxford Recovery Trial, which is testing a number of potential treatments for COVID-19, including dexamethasone; believes that it is thanks to this UK-wide collaboration that it is now known that dexamethasone, a common steroid that costs about £5 for an entire course of treatment, has, it understands, been shown to cut the risk of death by a third for COVID-19 patients on ventilators; further understands that dexamethasone is a treatment already available and affordable so it can be used immediately, and that it works for the very sickest patient with COVID-19; believes that this is the first treatment that is proven to save lives from COVID-19, which can now be used to treat NHS patients, and recognises and congratulates all those taking part in this collaborative effort involving NHS teams across Lanarkshire, Scotland and the UK.

Supporters (18)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.