Chamber and committees

Care Homes - Amendment

Submitted by: Jeane Freeman, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish National Party.
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 November 2020
Motion reference: S5M-23226.2
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 04 November 2020

As an amendment to motion S5M-23226 in the name of Donald Cameron (Care Homes), leave out from "calls" to end and insert "also notes the report’s conclusion that care home size has the strongest association with outbreaks of COVID-19, and that this association persists after taking account of other care home characteristics, including discharge from hospital; further notes the publication of the rapid Independent Care Home Review, which through root cause analysis reviews the factors in four care homes, which were relevant to the management of COVID-19 within the homes; welcomes the Care Inspectorate's inquiry on delivering care at home and housing support services during the COVID-19 pandemic; recognises that the recommendations of these reports have helped lead to the development of the Adult Social Care Winter Plan; believes that a public inquiry into all aspects of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including in the tragic loss of the lives of over 2,000 care home residents, should be held as quickly as is practicable, once the country is through the immediacy of dealing with the pandemic; considers that expert input and review must continue to be sought as the response to COVID-19 continues to evolve in light of emerging evidence on the virus, and believes that all of this evidence should be shared with the Independent Review of Adult Social Care, together with the views of those receiving social care and their families, in order to best shape the development of a National Care Service for Scotland."