Motion · S5M-22646 · 8 Sep 2020
Heart Valve Disease Awareness Week
The motion
That the Parliament welcomes Heart Valve Disease Awareness Week, which takes place from 14 to 20 September 2020; notes what it sees as the need to improve early detection of heart valve disease in Scotland; acknowledges the reported increasing prevalence of severe heart valve disease in an ageing population; notes what it considers the missed opportunities to detect the disease during the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions; believes that, in the medium term, this may result in a second wave of deaths from non-COVID-19-related diseases, and notes the calls for more funding to be made available for minimally invasive, proactive and curative treatments, which it considers have a huge advantage of reducing critical care occupancy by shortening the convalescence period and increasing treatment capacity.
Supporters (24)
- Kenneth Gibson No Party Affiliation 8 Sep 2020
- Bill Kidd 8 Sep 2020
- Monica Lennon 8 Sep 2020
- Mark McDonald 8 Sep 2020
- Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party 8 Sep 2020
- Alex Neil 8 Sep 2020
- Gil Paterson 8 Sep 2020
- David Torrance Scottish National Party 8 Sep 2020
- Sandra White 8 Sep 2020
- Brian Whittle 8 Sep 2020
- Clare Adamson Scottish National Party 9 Sep 2020
- Mary Fee 9 Sep 2020
- Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party 9 Sep 2020
- Anas Sarwar 9 Sep 2020
- Alex Rowley 10 Sep 2020
- Alexander Stewart 10 Sep 2020
- Stewart Stevenson 12 Sep 2020
- Colin Smyth 15 Sep 2020
- Jackie Baillie Scottish Labour 23 Sep 2020
- Sarah Boyack 23 Sep 2020
- Neil Findlay 23 Sep 2020
- James Kelly 23 Sep 2020
- Lewis Macdonald 23 Sep 2020
- Ruth Maguire 1 Oct 2020
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.