Scottish Parliament – May 24, 2022 – 3

S6M-04567.2, in the name of Sandesh Gulhane, which seeks to amend motion S6M-04567, in the name of Kevin Stewart, on keeping care close to home and improving outcomes, be agreed to. Are we agreed? S6M-04567.2: As an amendment to motion S6M-04567 in the name of Kevin Stewart (Keeping Care Close to Home and Improving Outcomes), leave out from “welcomes” to end and insert “supports increasing the focus on building and enhancing virtual capacity to provide alternatives to hospital and improve patient experience;

agrees that more needs to be done to ensure that patients receive high-quality person-centred care and treatment in the right place, at the right time;

requests that the Scottish Government provides regular updates on progress towards these goals;

notes that care reform cannot wait for the establishment of a National Care Service;

shares concerns that the National Care Service will be centralised, bureaucratic and less sensitive to local needs and geographical variation;

is concerned that the National Care Service could lead to an increase in out-of-area care;

regrets, in particular, that the centralisation of other public services in Scotland has made them more geographically remote;

regrets more broadly that the commissioning of care at the moment is focussed on cost rather than quality or outcomes;

calls, to this end, for a move towards ethical commissioning;

notes that a lack of care-at-home packages is having a detrimental impact on delayed discharge;

regrets that the use of technology and hospital-to-home services is insufficient, and welcomes the calls for a Local Care Service and a local care guarantee to protect individual choice and control, and ensure that support is delivered as close as possible to those who need it, especially in rural and island communities.”

Original motion(S6M-04567): That the Parliament thanks Scotland’s NHS and social care staff for going above and beyond during the COVID-19 pandemic;

welcomes the focus on stabilising and recovering healthcare through investment and reform;

notes the efforts to ensure that more patients receive high-quality person-centred care and treatment in the right place, at the right time;

supports the focus on building and enhancing virtual capacity to support a sustainable future providing alternatives to hospital and improving patient experience;

recognises the recent progress on the roll-out of hospital and home and community respiratory services, for example, and agrees with the commitment to upscale these services in the community, utilising technology and digital opportunities to support improvements.

Original motion(S6M-04567): That the Parliament thanks Scotland’s NHS and social care staff for going above and beyond during the COVID-19 pandemic;

welcomes the focus on stabilising and recovering healthcare through investment and reform;

notes the efforts to ensure that more patients receive high-quality person-centred care and treatment in the right place, at the right time;

supports the focus on building and enhancing virtual capacity to support a sustainable future providing alternatives to hospital and improving patient experience;

recognises the recent progress on the roll-out of hospital and home and community respiratory services, for example, and agrees with the commitment to upscale these services in the community, utilising technology and digital opportunities to support improvements.