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Winter Preparedness (Health and Social Care) | Scottish Parliament debates

I thank the cabinet secretary for his statement, but it comes two months later than it did last year, and he knows that every day counts. A mutated H3N2 flu is heading this way—it has devastated Australia, has closed schools in Japan and is surging in India and mainland Europe. The flu season has already […]

Maternity Services | Scottish Parliament debates

A national investigation would not be in place of the work that is going on—it would go alongside that and would recognise that this issue does not just affect one hospital or one maternity service but is a Scotland-wide problem.

Maternity Services | Scottish Parliament debates

I move, That the Parliament is alarmed by the serious patient safety issues raised in recent inspection reports of maternity services, and calls on the Scottish Government to launch a national investigation into the design and delivery of maternity and neonatal services across Scotland.

Maternity Services | Scottish Parliament debates

I agree—understaffing is one of the key problems in some of the distressing cases that I outlined and also in being able to provide safe midwifery-led services locally. I will come on to deal with that issue. Research conducted by Labour found that, in 2024 alone, there were 333,296 unfilled nurse and midwifery shifts. Behind […]

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