Motion · S5M-22745 · 17 Sep 2020
International World Patient Safety Day
The motion
That the Parliament notes that 17 September 2020 marks the annual International World Patient Safety Day, promoted by the World Health Organization, which this year celebrates the theme, Safe Health Workers, Safe Patients; understands that the aim of the day is to support different programmes around the world to ensure the safety of patients in various healthcare and medical settings; notes the success of the internationally recognised Scottish Patient Safety Programme, which is a unique national initiative that aims to improve the safety and reliability of health and social care and reduce harm whenever care is delivered by improving both education and safety across all health and social care settings in Scotland; acknowledges the Healthcare Improvement Scotland programme, ihub, which is a coordinated campaign of activity to increase awareness and support the provision of safe, high-quality care, whatever the setting; encourages everyone interested to learn more about ihub and the Scottish Patient Safety Programme online at ihub.scot; congratulates NHS Dumfries and Galloway, and other NHS boards in Scotland, on participating in International World Patient Safety Day and on recognising and raising awareness of patient safety across all healthcare settings; thanks all healthcare providers and healthcare staff across Scotland for their continued commitment to patient safety, and further thanks them for their continued efforts to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.
Supporters (17)
- Keith Brown Scottish National Party 17 Sep 2020
- Bob Doris Scottish National Party 17 Sep 2020
- Kenneth Gibson No Party Affiliation 17 Sep 2020
- Bill Kidd 17 Sep 2020
- Richard Lyle 17 Sep 2020
- John Mason 17 Sep 2020
- Alex Neil 17 Sep 2020
- Stewart Stevenson 17 Sep 2020
- David Stewart 17 Sep 2020
- David Torrance Scottish National Party 17 Sep 2020
- Sandra White 17 Sep 2020
- Joan McAlpine 18 Sep 2020
- Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party 18 Sep 2020
- Tom Arthur Scottish National Party 20 Sep 2020
- Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party 20 Sep 2020
- Gillian Martin Scottish National Party 21 Sep 2020
- Ruth Maguire 12 Oct 2020
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.