Health and Social Care

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Administration Citizenship and Democracy Environment Equalities Health and Social Care	Bring forward a Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) BillNot updated yet
Education Health and Social Care Tax and Welfare	Build a "wraparound" childcare systemNot updated yet
Education Health and Social Care Tax and Welfare	Provide free wraparound childcare to low-income familiesNot updated yet
Education Health and Social Care	Provide free school meals for all primary school pupils all year roundNot updated yet
Coronavirus Education Health and Social Care Society and Culture	Run a £20m programme of summer activities to help children socially recover from the pandemicNot updated yet
Citizenship and Democracy Equalities Health and Social Care	Enshrine the Right to Food in lawNot updated yet
Administration Coronavirus Health and Social Care	Commission a public inquiry into Scotland's pandemic response shortly after the electionLast updated 3 years ago
Health and Social Care Infrastructure	Invest £10bn in the NHS estate by 2031Not updated yet
Health and Social Care Infrastructure	Deliver the new Monklands HospitalNot updated yet
Health and Social Care Infrastructure	Develop a health services app called MyNHSNot updated yet
Health and Social Care Infrastructure	Invest £100m by 2026 to open two new elective and diagnostic care centresNot updated yet
Health and Social Care Jobs	Introduce a National Wage for care staffNot updated yet
Communities Health and Social Care	Invest £250m by 2026 to combat drug deathsLast updated 3 years ago
Health and Social Care	Increase spending on mental health services by at least 25%Last updated 3 years ago
Health and Social Care	Ensure that 10% of the NHS budget is spent on mental health by 2026Not updated yet
Health and Social Care Society and Culture	Double spending on active living to £100m by 2026Last updated 3 years ago
Coronavirus Health and Social Care	Increase NHS frontline spending by at least 20% (or £2.5bn)Last updated 3 years ago
Health and Social Care	Create a NHS National Pharmaceutical AgencyNot updated yet
Health and Social Care Jobs	Increase pay for NHS workers earning under £25,000 by a minimum of £1,000Last updated 3 years ago
Coronavirus Health and Social Care	Implement an NHS recovery planNot updated yet
Health and Social Care Jobs	Recruit 1,500 NHS staff for elective and diagnostic treatment centres by 2025Not updated yet
Health and Social Care	Create a National Care ServiceLast updated 3 years ago
Health and Social Care	Introduce national pay bargaining to the care sectorNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Abolish charges for non-residential social careNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Retain free NHS prescriptionsNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Abolish NHS dentistry charges by 2026Not updated yet
Health and Social Care	Invest £250m in drug services including residential rehabilitationLast updated 3 years ago
Health and Social Care	Implement a Women's Health PlanLast updated 3 years ago
Health and Social Care Tax and Welfare	Introduce a Care Leaver Grant for young people transitioning out of the care systemNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Increase investment in social care by 25%Not updated yet
Education Health and Social Care	Provide free school meals for all pupils in state special schools all year roundNot updated yet
Health and Social Care Jobs	Give NHS staff a 4% pay riseLast updated 3 years ago
Communities Coronavirus Education Health and Social Care Society and Culture	Include funding for community-based youth services in the summer activity recovery programmeNot updated yet
Education Health and Social Care	Introduce a student mental health action planNot updated yet
Education Health and Social Care Tax and Welfare	Expand free childcare to 1,140 hours by August 2021Last updated 3 years ago
Education Health and Social Care	Pilot the provision of free breakfasts in secondary schoolsNot updated yet
Education Health and Social Care	Investigate the feasibility of universal free breakfasts in secondary schoolsNot updated yet
Equalities Health and Social Care	Fully implement the findings of the Independent Care Review by 2030Not updated yet
Equalities Health and Social Care	Review the Children's Hearing SystemNot updated yet
Agriculture and Fisheries Animal Rights Education Health and Social Care Jobs	Create a new Scottish veterinary serviceNot updated yet
Agriculture and Fisheries Health and Social Care Society and Culture	Bring forward a Good Food Nation billLast updated 3 years ago
Economy External Relations Health and Social Care	Press the UK Government to include action on anti-microbial resistance in trade agreementsNot updated yet
Health and Social Care Infrastructure	Invest over £200m in the Baird and ANCHOR project in Aberdeen by 2026Not updated yet
Education Health and Social Care	Develop a fully funded free school milk scheme with local authoritiesNot updated yet
Agriculture and Fisheries Communities Economy Health and Social Care	Produce a local food strategyLast updated 3 years ago
Administration Agriculture and Fisheries Health and Social Care	Increase the use of healthy Scottish produce in public service food provisionNot updated yet
Administration Agriculture and Fisheries Health and Social Care	Explore how to embed a Food for Life approach in public service food provisionNot updated yet
Agriculture and Fisheries Economy Health and Social Care	Work with retailers to offer more Scottish produce and healthy productsNot updated yet
Economy Health and Social Care	Work with the out of home food sector to make products healthierLast updated 3 years ago
Economy Health and Social Care	Revamp the approach to children's menus in the out of home food sectorLast updated 3 years ago
Communities Health and Social Care Society and Culture	Develop a new five year plan to tackle lonelinessLast updated 3 years ago
Communities Health and Social Care Society and Culture	Spend £10m on combatting loneliness by 2026Last updated 3 years ago
Environment Health and Social Care Transport	Dedicate 10% of the transport budget to active travel by 2026Not updated yet
Health and Social Care Justice	Expand secure care so that no youths who shouldn't be in Polmont YOI are held thereNot updated yet
Health and Social Care Justice	Introduce a new prisoner health and wellbeing strategyNot updated yet
Citizenship and Democracy Equalities Health and Social Care	Consult on simplifying gender recognition processesLast updated 3 years ago
Administration Citizenship and Democracy Equalities Health and Social Care	Incorporate formal and informal care into measures of economic wellbeingNot updated yet
Health and Social Care Jobs Tax and Welfare	Make a double payment of Carer's Allowance Supplement in December 2021Last updated 3 years ago
Health and Social Care Jobs Tax and Welfare	Introduce Carer's Assistance to replace the current Carer's AllowanceLast updated 3 years ago
Health and Social Care Jobs Tax and Welfare	Pay carers looking after more than one disabled person an extra £10 per weekNot updated yet
Health and Social Care Jobs Tax and Welfare	Continue paying Carer's Assistance for 12 weeks following the death of a cared-for personNot updated yet
Health and Social Care Jobs Tax and Welfare	Continue paying the Carer's Allowance Supplement until Carer's Assistance is introducedLast updated 3 years ago
Health and Social Care Jobs Tax and Welfare	Use the introduction of Carer's Assistance to provide carers with information on the support availableNot updated yet
Health and Social Care Tax and Welfare	Invest £3m in Welfare Advice and Health Partnerships in 150 GP practices by 2023Not updated yet
Economy Health and Social Care	Restrict the use of promotions for unhealthy food and drinksNot updated yet
Communities Health and Social Care	Launch a pilot to trial the delivery of long-term contraceptives at local pharmaciesNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Establish a miscarriage serviceNot updated yet
Health and Social Care Jobs	Entitle public sector workers to three days of paid leave following a miscarriageNot updated yet
Health and Social Care Jobs	Call on the UK government to change the law so everyone is entitled to paid leave after a miscarriageNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Review midwifery and health visiting pathways for new families and babiesNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Improve access to practical breastfeeding supportNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Improve access to physical therapy advice for new familiesNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Increase postpartum and mental wellbeing support for new mothersNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Reduce waiting times for endomitriosis diagnoses to under 12 months by 2026Not updated yet
Health and Social Care	Improve access to specialist menopause diagnosis and management servicesNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Launch a public health campain to raise awareness of menopauseNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Review age thresholds for health screening and act on expert adviceNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Invest in research to improve the accuracy of health screeningNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Support the development of a new Scottish Institute for Women's HealthNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Provide funding to dedicated research into women's health via the Scottish Institute for Women's HealthNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Maintain the ban on transvaginal meshNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Introduce legislation to refund women who paid for mesh removal surgeryLast updated 3 years ago
Health and Social Care	Make mesh removal surgery outside the NHS free of charge and travel costsLast updated 3 years ago
Equalities Health and Social Care	Maintain current abortion rights with no additional restrictionsNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Create a right to rehab by 2026Not updated yet
Health and Social Care Jobs	Review future needs for Allied Health Professional training by 2026Not updated yet
Health and Social Care	Establish a National Low Vision Plan modelled on the Welsh Low Vision ServiceNot updated yet
Communities Health and Social Care	Increase community audiology provisionNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Bring forward a new framework to eliminate HIV transmission by 2030Not updated yet
Health and Social Care	Continue with plans to eradicate Hepatitis C by 2024Not updated yet
Health and Social Care	Pilot at home STI testingNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Provide three years of crisis intervention funding for NHS Gender Identity servicesLast updated 3 years ago
Health and Social Care	Appoint a new National Clinical Lead for Pallative and End of Life CareNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Ensure annual funding of at least £7m for children's hospice careNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Task SportScotland to devise a new national activity planNot updated yet
Equalities Health and Social Care Society and Culture	Review the Scottish Government's investment in sport to ensure gender equalityNot updated yet
Coronavirus Health and Social Care	Support GPs to coordinate care for people with "Long COVID"Not updated yet
Coronavirus Health and Social Care	Continue to work with the third sector to ensure people can access services for "Long COVID"Not updated yet
Health and Social Care	Appoint a Patient Safety CommissionerNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Establish "Near Me" video health consultations as default for those who prefer thatNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Establish a Digital Mental Health programmeNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Move to a digital prescription processNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Continue to reform primary careNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Increase funding in primary care by at least 25%Last updated 3 years ago
Health and Social Care Infrastructure	Roll out more mobile health servicesNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Expand the Pharmacy First schemeNot updated yet
Coronavirus Health and Social Care	Allow community pharmacists to administer vaccination schemes on a permanent basisNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Create a new centre of excellence for rural and remote medicine and careNot updated yet
Health and Social Care Infrastructure	Build the new Belford Hospital in Fort WilliamNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Reintroduce consultant-led maternity services at Dr Gray's Hospital according to report recommendationsNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Take forward the recommendations of the Feeley review of social careNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Begin the legislative process for the National Care Service by mid-2022Not updated yet
Health and Social Care	Have the National Care Service fully operational by 2026Not updated yet
Equalities Health and Social Care	Strengthen residents' rights in adult residential care settings by enacting "Anne's Law"Last updated 3 years ago
Health and Social Care	Review the number, structure and regulation of health boardsNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Ensure every GP practice has access to a dedicated mental health link workerNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Offer mental health first aid training to everyone in the public sector by 2026Not updated yet
Health and Social Care	Take forward the recommendations of the Independent Review into the Delivery of Forensic Mental Health ServicesNot updated yet
Health and Social Care Justice	Take forward the reccomendations of the Scott report on mental health law in compulsory detentionNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Ensure that at least 1% of NHS spending is directed to CAMHS by 2026Not updated yet
Health and Social Care	Introduce a National Transititons Strategy for children and young people's mental healthNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Double suicide prevention spending by 2026Not updated yet
Health and Social Care	Double the number of trainers on two suicide prevention programmes by 2026Not updated yet
Health and Social Care	Introduce a Learning Disability, Autism and Neurodiversity BillNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Create a Learning Disabilities, Autism and Neurodiversity CommissionerNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Roll out free dental care for care experienced people aged 18-26 firstLast updated 3 years ago
Health and Social Care Infrastructure	Ensure the move to free parking on NHS sites is made permanentLast updated 3 years ago
Health and Social Care Tax and Welfare	Introduce a fund to support families with children receiving inpatient careNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Implement the Medication Assisted Treatment Standards by mid-2022Not updated yet
Health and Social Care Society and Culture	Move to a five-year funding cycle for third sector and grassroots drug care organisationsNot updated yet
Health and Social Care Justice	Explore every legal avenue to establish safe drug consumption facilities in ScotlandNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Restrict alcohol advertising where children might be exposed to itNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Retain the 2034 Smoke Free Scotland strategyNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Publish a new tobacco strategyNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Halve childhood obesity by 2030Last updated 3 years ago
Health and Social Care	Make Active Schools programmes free for all children by 2026Not updated yet
Health and Social Care	Continue to improve nutritional standards for food and drink in schoolsNot updated yet
Citizenship and Democracy Equalities Health and Social Care	Run a Citizens' Assembly on assisted dyingLast updated 3 years ago
Citizenship and Democracy Health and Social Care Justice	Run a Citizens' Assembly on drug decriminalisationLast updated 3 years ago
Coronavirus Health and Social Care	Restore paused NHS servicesNot updated yet
Coronavirus Health and Social Care	Bring NHS waiting times back within targetsNot updated yet
Health and Social Care Infrastructure	Renew the East of Scotland Cancer CentreNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Speed up access to treatment for drug dependencyNot updated yet
Administration Health and Social Care	Spend all additional Barnett Formula health consequentialsNot updated yet
Communities Health and Social Care	Spend half of the frontline NHS budget on community servicesNot updated yet
Communities Health and Social Care	Review the formula by which NHS funds are distributed across ScotlandNot updated yet
Health and Social Care Infrastructure	Upgrade several primary care and community health facilitiesNot updated yet
Health and Social Care Infrastructure	Complete the new St. Brendan's Community Hospital in BarraNot updated yet
Health and Social Care Infrastructure	Complete the rollout of connectivity for "NearMe" health services in OrkneyNot updated yet
Health and Social Care Infrastructure	Complete the Baird Family Hospital and ANCHOR Centre in AberdeenNot updated yet
Health and Social Care Infrastructure	Refurbish several hospitals around the countryNot updated yet
Communities Health and Social Care	Invest in three specialist NHS facilities to extend their geographic reachLast updated 3 years ago
Health and Social Care Infrastructure	Expand medicine manufacturing where necessary through the National Pharmaceutical AgencyNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Support research investment through the National Pharmaceutical AgencyNot updated yet
Health and Social Care Infrastructure	Establish a fast track cancer diagnosis centre in every health board areaLast updated 3 years ago
Health and Social Care Infrastructure	Have the first three cancer diagnostic centres operational by June 2020Last updated 3 years ago
Health and Social Care	Provide fast track cancer referrals with a "navigator" contactNot updated yet
Health and Social Care Jobs	Ensure Scotland continues to have the best paid NHS staff in the UKLast updated 3 years ago
Education Health and Social Care	Expand medical school training places by at least 100 per yearNot updated yet
Education Health and Social Care Jobs	Double the number of places on the Widening Access to Medicine programmeNot updated yet
Education Health and Social Care	Create a student paramedic bursaryLast updated 3 years ago
Health and Social Care Jobs	Expand occupational health and mental health support for NHS staffNot updated yet
Coronavirus Health and Social Care	Increase NHS inpatient, day case and outpatient activity by 10%Not updated yet
Coronavirus Health and Social Care Infrastructure	Make use of mobile NHS treatment units while new facilities are being builtNot updated yet
Coronavirus Health and Social Care	Spend £10m to develop new diagnostic techniquesNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Roll out the redesign of NHS urgent careNot updated yet
Coronavirus Health and Social Care	Implement the Cancer Recovery PlanLast updated 3 years ago
Coronavirus Health and Social Care	Implement an £18m partnership with Macmillan cancer care to deliver careNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Invest £20m to expand the Detect Cancer Early programmeNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Retain existing cancer targetsNot updated yet
Health and Social Care	Review cancer treatment targets accounting for specific types of cancerNot updated yet
Coronavirus Health and Social Care	Stick to the post-pandemic reopening planNot updated yet
Coronavirus Health and Social Care	Retain pandemic FACTS guidance and other restrictions for a short timeNot updated yet
Coronavirus Health and Social Care	Deliver a programme of booster vaccines later in 2021Last updated 3 years ago
Coronavirus Health and Social Care	Continue to follow scientific advice on vaccine distributionLast updated 3 years ago