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Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Meeting date: 21 March 2023
Emma Harper
I want to have it clarified that these technical amendments will help to allow staff to understand that they can raise issues with risk associated with staffing or staffing concerns. They will allow staff who work in NHS Scotland—I am a former employee; I need to remind folk that I am a former nurse for NHS Dumfries and Galloway—to understand that they can raise issues with risk.
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Meeting date: 21 March 2023
Emma Harper
It might be a question for just Kirsty Garrett or Patrick Murphy. It is about wheelchair rugby. Rugby is becoming something that everybody plays; it is becoming important for women to take up, for example. Wheelchair rugby is quite a leveller because disabled folk can play with non-disabled folk and you can have mixed-gender teams as well. Is that something that is growing or can be pursued in order to level the playing field and encourage folk?
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Meeting date: 21 March 2023
Emma Harper
I remember that there was an advert on the telly showing people playing wheelchair rugby and, at the end of the game, an able-bodied person who was joining in stood up. Able-bodied people joining in and playing the game with siblings is something that can happen—maybe the need to highlight that is a question for the media folks when they come in front of us as well.
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Meeting date: 21 March 2023
Emma Harper
I suspect that my other questions will come up later, so I will pause there.
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Meeting date: 21 March 2023
Emma Harper
My questions are about investments and saving money on energy. NHS Dumfries and Galloway has a £200 million hospital but has not put a single solar panel on the roof. Has NHS Borders assessed the opportunities that would come from investing in solar panels?
09:15Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Meeting date: 21 March 2023
Emma Harper
My question is for Cecilia Oram. I had a quick look at the Sustrans toolkits for creating better spaces. Safety is mentioned where it relates to reducing the speed of cars, but the toolkits do not seem to mention safety in the context of protection of and support for women. That does not seem to be mentioned in the information and the toolkits that you provide, or am I just missing it?
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Meeting date: 21 March 2023
Emma Harper
Sure—I will be quick. I have two questions, but we could park for later the question about the use of the long Covid pathway, rather than the long Covid clinics that have been established in the NHS Borders area. I am interested in knowing about the best way to look after long Covid patients.
The other issue goes back to what Ralph Roberts said on Friday, which was that making progress on recovery has required working with registered social landlords to look at housing and wider aspects of supporting people in order to practise reablement. We do not use that word a lot, but it simply means supporting people to get the best care and to get them home. Is that part of what you are doing to make progress on recovery?
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Meeting date: 21 March 2023
Emma Harper
I know. It used to be called murder ball and now it is wheelchair rugby.
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Meeting date: 21 March 2023
Emma Harper
Thanks.
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Meeting date: 21 March 2023
Emma Harper
No—I am okay, convener.