Motion · S6M-19512.1 · 4 Nov 2025

Scotland’s Maternity Services

Lodged by Willie Rennie (Scottish Liberal Democrats) Amendment 0 supporters

The motion

As an amendment to motion S6M-19512 in the name of Jackie Baillie (Scotland’s Maternity Services), insert at end “; notes that, following the downgrading of the consultant-led maternity unit at Caithness General Hospital in 2016, women in Caithness can face a 100 mile trip down the A9 to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness to give birth, and calls on the Scottish Government to commission an independent review of maternity services in Caithness.”

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.