petition PE798 to the Scottish Parliament
PE798
Petition by Margaret Scott calling for the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to resolve the current critical problems in the provision of wheelchairs and specialist seating services within the NHS by both an immediate increase in funding and through a review, which in consultation with users, will address minimum standards, the scope of equipment provided and the delivery of services.
The Scottish Parliament
Public Petitions Committee - a template for public petitions
Should you wish to submit a public petition for consideration by the Public Petitions Committee please complete the template below. Please refer to the Guidance on submission of public petitions for advice on issues of admissibility before completing the template. You may also seek advice from the Clerk to the Committee whose contact details can be found at the end of this form.
Details of principal petitioner:
Please enter the name of person and organisation raising the petition, including a contact address where correspondence should be sent to, email address and phone number if available.
Margaret Scott,
Edinburgh
Text of petition:
The petition should clearly state what action the petitioner wishes the Parliament to take in no more than five lines of text, e.g.
The petitioner requests that the Scottish Parliament considers and debates the implications of the proposed Agenda for Change legislation for Speech and Language Therapy Services and service users within the NHS.
The petitioner requests that the Scottish Parliament…
Resolve the current critical problems in the provision of wheelchairs and specialist seating services within the NHS by both an immediate increase in funding and through a review which, in consultation with users, will address minimum standards, the scope of equipment provided and the delivery of services.
Recommend a strategy for the integrated provision of all equipment for people with physical disabilities.
Additional information:
Any additional information in relation to your petition, including reasons why the action requested is necessary, should not be included here. However, it may be appended to the petition and will be made available to the Public Petitions Committee prior to its consideration of your petition. Please note that you should limit the amount of any additional information which you may wish to provide in support of your petition to no more than four sides of A4.
Action taken to resolve issues of concern before submitting the petition:
Before submitting a petition to the Parliament, petitioners are expected to have made an attempt to resolve their issues of concern by, for example, making representations to the Scottish Executive or seeking the assistance of locally elected representatives, such as councillors, MSPs and MPs. Please enter details of those approached below and append copies of relevant correspondence, which will be made available to the Public Petitions Committee prior to its consideration of your petition.
1. Initiated independent Scottish survey on children's wheelchair provision (1998)
2. Carried out consultation with young wheelchair users (Playback) 1998 Results of both of the presented to Health Minister 1998
3. Presentation carried out to 25 MSP's by young wheelchair users highlighting issues (2001)
4. Collection of stories of individual circumstances presented to Scottish Executive May 2003
5. Many contacts by parents throughout Scotland with Individual MSPs
Request to speak:
All petitioners are given the opportunity to present their petition before the Public Petitions Committee. The Convener will then make a decision based on a number of factors including the content of the petition and the written information provided by the petitioner as to whether a brief statement from the petitioner would be useful in facilitating the Committee's consideration of a petition.
Please indicate below whether you wish to request to make a brief statement before the Committee when it comes to consider your petition.
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Signature of principal petitioner:
When satisfied that your petition meets all the criteria outlined in the Guidance on submission of public petitions, the principal petitioner should sign and date the form in the box below. Other signatures gathered should be appended to this form.
Please note that any additional information, copies of relevant correspondence and additional signatures should be appended to this form and submitted to:
The Cleric to the Public Petitions Committee
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Tel: 0131 348 5186 Fax: 0131 348 5088
e-mail: petitions@scottish.parliament.uk