Scottish Parliament Motion

Published on 20 October 2022

Motion ref. S6M-05553

On July 28th, 2022, a Motion was submitted to the Scottish parliament on Bladder Cancer, led by Stuart McMillan, MSP from Greenock and Inverclyde (Scottish National Party). The motion was supported by over 25 other Members of the Scottish Parliament.

For this, we must thank Laura MacKenzie, our patient advocate, who has worked hard to make this happen through our parliamentary outreach programme. Laura is a vocal advocate for Fight Bladder Cancer, and as a result of her hard work, the motion will hopefully see the Scottish Government consider bladder cancer when developing the new cancer strategy for Scotland.

Fight Bladder Cancer: https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/votes-and-motions/vot…

Submitted by: Stuart McMillan, Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party.
Date lodged: Thursday, July 28, 2022

Supported by: Karen Adam, Clare Adamson, Jackie Baillie, Jeremy Balfour, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Stephanie Callaghan, Foysol Choudhury, Sharon Dowey, Annabelle Ewing, Joe FitzPatrick, Pam Gosal, Dr. Sandesh Gulhane, Bill Kidd, Monica Lennon, Ruth Maguire, Gillian Martin, Marie McNair, Edward Mountain, Audrey Nicoll, Paul Sweeney, David Torrance, Evelyn Tweed, Sue Webber, Annie Wells, Tess White 

That the Parliament applauds the work of Laura MacKenzie, who is from Wemyss Bay, on raising awareness of bladder cancer; appreciates that Laura is an ambassador for the charity, Fight Bladder Cancer, which has four main objectives of supporting and providing information to people diagnosed with bladder cancer, their families, friends and carers, promoting and advocating for effective policies for the prevention, care, treatment and support for people affected by bladder cancer, raising awareness of the causes, symptoms, treatments and aftercare for bladder cancer, and supporting research into the illness, including for a cure; understands that women are usually diagnosed at an advanced stage of bladder cancer, compared with men, leading to worse outcomes; further understands that the most recent Public Health Scotland data shows five-year survival rates for bladder cancer of 52% for men and 37% for women; recognises what it sees as the need to improve referral policies to allow for earlier diagnosis; calls on the Scottish Government to consider bladder cancer when developing the new cancer strategy for Scotland, and thanks Laura for being such a vocal advocate for Fight Bladder Cancer.