Scottish Parliament – Dec. 1, 2021 – 1

S6M-02327.2: As an amendment to motion S6M-02327 in the name of Anas Sarwar (Protecting Patient Safety at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital), leave out from "has no confidence" to end and insert "recognises the work of frontline NHS staff at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH), and across the health service, in the care that they have provided to patients and families throughout the COVID-19 pandemic;

offers its condolences to all families who have lost a loved one while in the care of the health service;

notes that NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde was elevated to Stage 4 of the escalation framework in November 2019;

further notes that the board has completed 91% of the 108 recommendations that followed the work of the QEUH Independent Review, the Oversight Board Report and the independent Case Note Review;

welcomes that Healthcare Improvement Scotland is to review aspergillus infections at QEUH, and calls for any recommendations from this work to be implemented as quickly as practicable;

recognises that the independent public inquiry, chaired by Lord Brodie, is underway, and looks forward to its conclusions and any recommendations being fully enacted."

Original motion(S6M-02327): That the Parliament has no confidence in the leadership of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and believes that the Scottish Government must escalate the NHS board to Stage 5 of the performance escalation framework without delay.