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Chamber and committees

Bliss Scotland's It's Not a Game Report

  • Submitted by: Cara Hilton, Dunfermline, Scottish Labour.
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 August 2014
  • Motion reference: S4M-10373
  • Current status: Achieved cross-party support

That the Parliament welcomes the publication on 17 June 2014 of Bliss Scotland's report, It's not a game: the very real costs of having a premature or sick baby in Scotland; understands that one in every seven babies is born premature or sick in Scotland every year; considers that, when babies are admitted to neonatal care, parents face significant financial pressures, amounting to £218 average extra weekly spend for families; is concerned that costs for parents in Scotland, including in Dunfermline, are higher than elsewhere in the UK, with 79% of parents saying that their family finances are worse as a result of their babies staying in neonatal care; notes calls for further action by the Scottish Government to help address the additional costs that parents of babies in neonatal care face, including travel, food and childcare, and recognises the importance of ensuring that parents of premature babies have access to all the information and support that they need; further notes calls for the Scottish Government to work with NHS boards and Bliss Scotland to help make the Bliss Scotland recommendations for hospitals and the NHS a reality, and commends what it considers the excellent work of Bliss Scotland in campaigning for a better deal for parents of babies born too soon, too small or too sick.


Supported by: Jackie Baillie, Claire Baker, Jayne Baxter, Claudia Beamish, Malcolm Chisholm, Kezia Dugdale, Patricia Ferguson, Neil Findlay, Jim Hume, Alison Johnstone, Hanzala Malik, Margaret McCulloch, Margaret McDougall, Siobhan McMahon, Anne McTaggart, Elaine Murray, Graeme Pearson, Willie Rennie, Richard Simpson, David Stewart