The next petition is PE1471, by Rachael McCully. Rachael is another member of the Scottish Youth Parliament, which is dominating today’s petitions. The petition concerns young people’s hospital wards, and members have a note by the clerk on the submissions. Again, I invite members’ views on the next steps. We are still seeking responses from NHS Borders and NHS Lothian. Do members wish to get a complete answer before we analyse the matter in full? I know that it is a common view of members, and of Chic Brodie in particular, that they are unhappy about delays, but I believe that we should get back all the responses before we make a decision.
Official Report · Committee
Current Petitions
Young People’s Hospital Wards (PE1471)
Speakers
Choose an MSP to read only their contributions- David Stewart Lab 2
- Chic Brodie SNP 1
- Anne McTaggart Lab 1
- Jackson Carlaw Con 1
The record
5 contributionsI agree. We see three responsible petitions from the Scottish Youth Parliament and I think—without wishing to bore everyone by talking about speedy responses—that it is incumbent on us to deal with them properly. They are not fly-by-night petitions; they are serious petitions, and we should encourage everybody to understand that they are serious, so that we can address them. We should certainly get full responses, and once we have done that I suggest that we seek clarification from the Government and from NHS Education for Scotland on how we can progress.
I agree and again thank the petitioner for coming to the gallery to hear the petition being actioned. It is important to keep the petition open for all the reasons that have been given.
It seems to me from the range of responses that we have received that many of the health boards have told us what they do rather than their particular response to the petition. In some ways, they seek to exercise a flavour—if I can put it that way—of the petitioner’s request rather than necessarily deal with the letter of it, so when we have collected all the information, we will not necessarily have a concise view of the petition, but of how young adults are treated in the system. At that point, it would probably be useful for the Health and Sport Committee to take a look at the petition and consider what it thinks should be done if there is a need to co-ordinate and bring about a national standard.
Are members happy that we continue the petition, and seek the responses that are still outstanding and the additional ones that Chic Brodie mentioned?Members indicated agreement.
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