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NHS Lanarkshire’s Mental Health and Learning Disability Service

  • Submitted by: Margaret Mitchell, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 26 October 2020
  • Motion reference: S5M-23129

That the Parliament congratulates NHS Lanarkshire’s Mental Health and Learning Disability Service on receiving the Citizens’ Award at the Holyrood Connect Public Sector ICT Awards in recognition of its Dementia Post Diagnostic Support Online Resource service, which is designed to enhance dementia post-diagnostic support through the use of technology; acknowledges that the resource was designed specifically for people in Lanarkshire who have dementia, their families and friends, and for carers and health practitioners; recognises that the online service provides information about all dementia services and peer support groups in one, easy to access, place; notes that the resource offers information about understanding dementia, managing symptoms, planning for the future and peer support; understands that, in its first six months, the service was accessed more than 1,800 times; considers that this simple resource provides people with dementia, and their carers, with practical advice and guidance, to support them to live as well as possible, and looks forward to seeing how the resource develops.


Supported by: Jeremy Balfour, Michelle Ballantyne, Miles Briggs, Kenneth Gibson, Jamie Greene, Alison Harris, Bill Kidd, Monica Lennon, Fulton MacGregor, Ruth Maguire, Stuart McMillan, Elaine Smith, Stewart Stevenson, Alexander Stewart, Maureen Watt, Annie Wells, Brian Whittle