Motion · S5M-23570 · 2 Dec 2020
COVID-19 Vaccine and Patients Receiving Palliative Care
The motion
That the Parliament recognises the immense strain that the COVID-19 pandemic and the necessary public health response have placed on many people with pre-existing medical conditions, especially people diagnosed with a terminal illness and who are receiving palliative care; believes that any removable obstacles that might prevent them from living life as fully as possible with family and friends in the limited time they have left should be removed; calls on the Scottish Government to consider prioritising people receiving palliative care and their immediate families in the forthcoming rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, and urges it to consider allowing clinicians discretion to fast-track individual patients and their immediate family members whose need for vaccination is deemed to be most urgent where it is clinically safe and appropriate to do so, particular for people diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Supporters (22)
- Jeremy Balfour 2 Dec 2020
- Jackson Carlaw 2 Dec 2020
- Peter Chapman 2 Dec 2020
- Maurice Corry 2 Dec 2020
- Ruth Davidson 2 Dec 2020
- Murdo Fraser Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 2 Dec 2020
- Jamie Greene 2 Dec 2020
- Liam Kerr Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 2 Dec 2020
- Monica Lennon Scottish Labour 2 Dec 2020
- Gordon Lindhurst 2 Dec 2020
- Edward Mountain 2 Dec 2020
- Liz Smith 2 Dec 2020
- Colin Smyth 2 Dec 2020
- Alexander Stewart 2 Dec 2020
- Brian Whittle 2 Dec 2020
- Alison Harris 3 Dec 2020
- Mark McDonald 3 Dec 2020
- Margaret Mitchell 3 Dec 2020
- John Scott 3 Dec 2020
- Donald Cameron 4 Dec 2020
- Jamie Halcro Johnston 4 Dec 2020
- Michelle Ballantyne 8 Dec 2020
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.