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Motion · S5M-22984 · 7 Oct 2020

ICU at Inverclyde Royal Hospital

Lodged by Jamie Greene Members' Business Motion 24 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament is significantly concerned over reports that the ICU provision of the Inverclyde Royal Hospital’s critical care offering, in Greenock, is closing and that patients requiring that type of critical care will be transferred to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow for treatment; believes that Inverclyde has been disproportionally impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic; considers this closure to be ill-advised given the continuing prevalence of COVID-19 and need for intensive care in the surrounding region; notes the considerable hardship and stress that it believes this will place on local families who visit their loved ones in hospital; understands that, in the seven days leading up to 3 October 2020, Inverclyde recorded 34 new cases of COVID-19 at a rate of 43.7 per 100,000 people; notes the calls on all political parties represented in the Scottish Parliament to collectively raise these concerns with the local NHS board and the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport, given the current national health emergency, and further notes the calls on the Scottish Government to look into this matter immediately with a view to a substantial rethink of this action.

Supporters (24)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.