Motion · S5M-23129 · 23 Oct 2020
NHS Lanarkshire’s Mental Health and Learning Disability Service
The motion
That the Parliament congratulates NHS Lanarkshire’s Mental Health and Learning Disability Service on receiving the Citizens’ Award at the Holyrood Connect Public Sector ICT Awards in recognition of its Dementia Post Diagnostic Support Online Resource service, which is designed to enhance dementia post-diagnostic support through the use of technology; acknowledges that the resource was designed specifically for people in Lanarkshire who have dementia, their families and friends, and for carers and health practitioners; recognises that the online service provides information about all dementia services and peer support groups in one, easy to access, place; notes that the resource offers information about understanding dementia, managing symptoms, planning for the future and peer support; understands that, in its first six months, the service was accessed more than 1,800 times; considers that this simple resource provides people with dementia, and their carers, with practical advice and guidance, to support them to live as well as possible, and looks forward to seeing how the resource develops.
Supporters (17)
- Miles Briggs Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 26 Oct 2020
- Kenneth Gibson No Party Affiliation 26 Oct 2020
- Jamie Greene 26 Oct 2020
- Alison Harris 26 Oct 2020
- Bill Kidd 26 Oct 2020
- Monica Lennon 26 Oct 2020
- Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party 26 Oct 2020
- Alexander Stewart 26 Oct 2020
- Annie Wells 26 Oct 2020
- Brian Whittle 26 Oct 2020
- Jeremy Balfour 27 Oct 2020
- Ruth Maguire 27 Oct 2020
- Elaine Smith 27 Oct 2020
- Michelle Ballantyne 29 Oct 2020
- Maureen Watt 29 Oct 2020
- Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party 30 Oct 2020
- Stewart Stevenson 1 Nov 2020
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.