Public Audit Committee
20th Meeting, 2025
The Committee agreed to take agenda items 3, 4 and 5 in private.
The Committee took evidence from—
Dr Iain Morrison, Chair, Scottish General Practice Committee, BMA Scotland;
Dr Chris Provan, Chair and Dr Chris Williams, Vice Chair, Royal College of General Practitioners Scotland;
and then from—
Caroline Lamb, Director-General for Health and Social Care and Chief Executive of NHS Scotland , Tim McDonnell, Director of Primary Care, Susan Gallacher, Deputy Director of General Practice Policy and Andrew Chapman, Unit Head, General Practice Contract and Operations, Scottish Government.
The Committee considered the evidence heard at agenda item 2 and took further evidence from—
Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland;
Carol Calder, Audit Director and Eva Thomas-Tudo, Audit Manager, Audit Scotland.
The Committee considered the evidence heard at agenda items 2 and 3 and agreed to write to BMA Scotland and the Royal College of General Practitioners and will consider its further scrutiny at a future meeting.
The Committee agreed a revised draft report on the 2023/24 audit of Ferguson Marine Port Glasgow (Holdings) Limited.