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Young People’s Hospital Wards (PE1471)

Tuesday 12 November 2013 Public Petitions Committee About 10:00 Petitions 3 contributions · 2 speakers

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David Stewart Lab 2
Jackson Carlaw Con 1

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David Stewart Lab The Convener · Highlands and Islands

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Our eighth current petition is PE1471, by Rachael McCully MSYP, on behalf of the Scottish Youth Parliament, on young people’s hospital wards. Members have a note by the clerk, with possible options for action. I invite contributions from members. To prompt the committee, one possible action is that, given that the Scottish Government has said that responsibility for ensuring that staff are appropriately trained lies with NHS boards, we write to the Government to ask what actions would be required to ensure that all staff who routinely deal with young people have appropriate training. Do members agree to do that?

Jackson Carlaw Con West Scotland

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If we must, convener, but I have to say that we are stretching the elastic. I would certainly say that writing to the Scottish Government would be our final action prior to closing the petition. We have received pretty comprehensive responses on the principal request in the petition, which was on the establishment of such wards. I agree to our writing to the Government if that is our final action in respect of the petition.

David Stewart Lab The Convener · Highlands and Islands

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I take the member’s point—thank you for that.

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