Minutes: 05 December 2023

1. Decisions on taking business in private:

The Committee agreed to take items 3, 4, 5 and 6 in private, and to consider, in private at future meetings, evidence heard at those meetings as part of its inquiry into remote and rural healthcare.

2. Healthcare in remote and rural areas:

The Committee took evidence from—

Neil Carnegie, Community OT Team Manager (Kirkcaldy & Postural Management), Fife Health & Social Care Partnership, Royal College of Occupational Therapists;

Derek Laidler, Professional Lead Physiotherapist in Argyll and Bute, Lorn and Islands Hospital, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy;

Catherine Shaw, Lead Advanced Practitioner for the Remote and Rural Support Team, NHS Highland;

Sharon Wiener-Ogilvie, Vice Chair, Allied Health Professions Federation Scotland (AHPFS).

3. Healthcare in remote and rural areas (in private):

The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.

4. Women's Health Champion (in private):

The Committee considered and agreed a draft letter to the Minister for Public Health and Women's Health.

5. Electronic patient record (in private):

The Committee considered and agreed a draft letter to the Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care.

6. Post-legislative scrutiny: Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 (in private):

The Committee considered its approach to further scrutiny.

The Committee agreed to invite selected stakeholders to submit written evidence and to give oral evidence at a future meeting.