{"id":1286,"date":"2015-06-09T14:40:23","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T14:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/duncanmcneil.com\/wordpress\/?p=1286"},"modified":"2015-06-12T09:32:16","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T09:32:16","slug":"mcneil-welcomes-commitment-to-public-debate-on-nhs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/duncanmcneil.com\/wordpress\/?p=1286","title":{"rendered":"McNeil welcomes commitment to public debate on NHS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Press Release, 8<sup>th<\/sup> June 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>McNeil welcomes Health Minister\u2019s commitment to public debate on NHS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Duncan McNeil MSP has welcomed today\u2019s commitment from the Cabinet Secretary for Health Shona Robison to a full public debate on the future of Scotland\u2019s National Health Service.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last week, the Labour MSP tabled a motion in Parliament highlighting the joint call made by the Royal Colleges for such a debate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Greenock and Inverclyde MSP said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI welcome the Cabinet Secretary\u2019s commitment to a public debate on the future of the NHS. It\u2019s essential that we have this debate to ensure that it does not only survive but evolves to meet the future needs of the people of Scotland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cEvery day we are witnessing the huge pressure it is under as demand grows. It\u2019s clear a fundamental rethink is required about what our priorities are for our NHS and the way in which we deliver health services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notes to editors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Duncan McNeil\u2019s motion lodged on Thursday is copied in below. It has received cross-party support.<\/p>\n<p><strong>S4M-13372# Duncan McNeil: NHS Scotland: Time for a Public Debate<\/strong>\u2014That the Parliament notes the joint call by the Royal College of Nursing and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties in Scotland for a public debate on what are considered to be the difficult decisions that need to be made about future investment in Scotland\u2019s NHS; believes this to be a measured and considered approach that could kick start changes to the way the NHS provides services; considers that, while the NHS budget is protected and, in recent years, the number of staff employed by the NHS has increased, demand for care from Scotland\u2019s growing and older population has increased in places such as Greenock and Inverclyde, and notes the joint call for a mature debate involving the public, health and care professionals and MSPs from all political parties so that there is a consensual approach to future changes to Scotland\u2019s beloved NHS to ensure that it does not only survive but evolves to meet the future needs of the people of Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>Supported by: Ken Macintosh*, Stuart McMillan, Dennis Robertson, Jim Hume, Tavish Scott, Lewis Macdonald, Elaine Smith, Graeme Pearson, Elaine Murray, Jackson Carlaw, Jackie Baillie, Richard Simpson, Johann Lamont, Jayne Baxter, Cara Hilton, Neil Findlay, John Pentland, Margaret McDougall, Malcolm Chisholm, Hanzala Malik, Patricia Ferguson, David Stewart, Hugh Henry, Michael McMahon<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Release, 8th June 2015 McNeil welcomes Health Minister\u2019s commitment to public debate on NHS Duncan McNeil MSP has welcomed today\u2019s commitment from the Cabinet Secretary for Health Shona Robison to a full public debate on the future of Scotland\u2019s National Health Service. 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