Action on Standards for Children with Asthma

The motion

That the Parliament notes the survey by Health Improvement Scotland on part of the mandatory standards of care for children and young people with asthma published on 27 June 2011; understands that there are 72,000 children with asthma in Scotland, one of the highest rates in the world, and that the standards were developed to ensure that children and young people with asthma receive a high level of care no matter where they live in Scotland; notes that the survey shows that some NHS boards have no register of local children and young people who have asthma, fail to record the number of children admitted to hospital with asthma symptoms and have not developed a care protocol for such children and young people; believes that the Scottish Government must make asthma a priority given that emergency admissions for children have remained at a high level for the last 10 years without any sign of being reduced; further believes that Health Improvement Scotland should examine NHS boards against all of the standards of care for children, and calls on the Scottish Government to ensure that NHS boards end what is considered the complacency that exists towards children with asthma.

No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

Lab 10 SNP 1

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

No contribution in the Official Report cites S4M-00412 by reference.