Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Meeting Agenda
1st Meeting, 2024
- Date: Tuesday, January 16, 2024
- Session: 6
- Location: TG.60-CR3 The Fleming Room
- Start time: 09:15am
- Published: Thursday, January 11, 2024 04:29pm
1 Decisions on taking business in private
The Committee will decide whether to take items 5, 6, 7 and 8 in private, and whether to consider, in private at future meetings, a draft report on the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill.
2 Budget Scrutiny 2024-25
The Committee will take evidence on the Scottish Government's Budget 2024-25 from—
Witnesses
Michael Matheson, Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care, Scottish Government
Richard McCallum, Director of Health and Social Care Finance, Digital and Governance, Scottish Government
Budget scrutiny - Note by the Clerk 103KB pdf posted 11/01/2024 (Ref: HSCS/S6/24/1/1)
HSCS/S6/24/1/2(P) (Private Paper)
3 Subordinate legislation
The Committee will take evidence on the Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024 [draft] from—
Witnesses
Michael Matheson, Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care, Scottish Government
Rachel Coutts, Scottish Government Legal Directorate, Food, Health and Social Care, Scottish Government
Nigel Robinson, Unit Head, Professional Healthcare Regulation, Chief Nursing Officer’s Directorate, Scottish Government
Scott Wood, Unit Head, Sponsorship and Infrastructure, Health Workforce Directorate, Scottish Government
Subordinate legislation - Affirmative SI paper 157KB pdf posted 11/01/2024 (Ref: HSCS/S6/24/1/3)
HSCS/S6/24/1/4(P) (Private Paper)
4 Subordinate legislation
Michael Matheson (Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care) to move—
S6M-11668—That the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee recommends that the Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024 [draft] be approved.
5 Budget Scrutiny 2024-25
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.
6 National Care Service (Scotland) Bill
The Committee will receive a background briefing on the Bill from Scottish Government Bill team officials.
HSCS/S6/24/1/5(P) (Private Paper)
7 Public health impact of vaping
The Committee will consider a draft letter to the Minister for Public Health and Women's Health.
HSCS/S6/24/1/6(P) (Private Paper)
8 Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill
The Committee will further consider its approach to the scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1.
HSCS/S6/24/1/7(P) (Private Paper)