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The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 15 March 2025
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Public Audit Committee

“NHS in Scotland 2022”

Meeting date: 23 March 2023

Sharon Dowey

Will all health boards follow the same guidelines? If we are not monitoring spending, do we run the risk of some health boards spending a lot more on Covid than others, or, indeed, some not spending enough on measures?

Public Audit Committee

“NHS in Scotland 2022”

Meeting date: 23 March 2023

Sharon Dowey

Thanks. Are enough conversations happening among Government departments before they make announcements such as, “There are going to be 800 extra GPs”? Are they then speaking to the universities and giving them the funding? We hear that Scottish universities are limiting the number of Scottish students because they need fee-paying students to pay the costs. Is enough funding being given for those places?

You spoke about primary care workers as well. The Government is trying to put in place more pharmacists to help GPs and reduce the workload. I have, however, heard that, after pharmacists have gone in, GPs have reduced their hours because they are burned out, so that measure is not helping. There is also an issue with workforce planning for pharmacists. Is enough funding being given to the universities to make sure that we can give places to Scottish students?

Public Audit Committee

“NHS in Scotland 2022”

Meeting date: 23 March 2023

Sharon Dowey

Good morning. The report highlights significant challenges facing the NHS in Scotland, while noting that healthcare systems are under extreme pressure across the world. How is the NHS in Scotland performing compared with other countries’ healthcare systems?

Public Audit Committee

“NHS in Scotland 2022”

Meeting date: 23 March 2023

Sharon Dowey

What is your assessment of the progress of the Scottish Government’s Covid costs improvement programme?

Public Audit Committee

“NHS in Scotland 2022”

Meeting date: 23 March 2023

Sharon Dowey

The report highlights the point that workforce capacity is the biggest risk to recovery and shows that one key recruitment target, that of increasing the general practitioner workforce by 800, is not on track to be achieved by the 2027 deadline. What is the Scottish Government doing to address that? Is the target still achievable?

Public Audit Committee

“NHS in Scotland 2022”

Meeting date: 23 March 2023

Sharon Dowey

The report also states that Covid-19 spend will no longer be monitored. Given your call for transparency, recovery and progress, is it premature for the Scottish Government to stop monitoring that spending?

Public Audit Committee

Section 22 Report: “The 2021/22 audit of the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland”

Meeting date: 2 March 2023

Sharon Dowey

Good morning. In paragraph 15, the section 22 report states that the auditor has reported

“that issues remain where the SPCB and the Commissioner’s Office need ‘to work together to address some of the specific governance issues identified’”.

Could you tell us more about those issues?

Public Audit Committee

Section 22 Report: “The 2021/22 audit of the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland”

Meeting date: 2 March 2023

Sharon Dowey

Will we continue to be updated on the issue?

Public Audit Committee

Section 22 Report: “The 2021/22 audit of the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland”

Meeting date: 2 March 2023

Sharon Dowey

The section 22 report says, at paragraph 17, that directions were issued by the Standards Commission for Scotland. Do you have any information about how long they are likely to remain in place?

Public Audit Committee

Section 22 Report: “The 2021/22 audit of the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland”

Meeting date: 2 March 2023

Sharon Dowey

The delay in confirming the funding would have had an impact on actioning the recommendations in the report.