COVID-19 Recovery Committee
Meeting Minutes
28th Meeting, 2022
- Date: Thursday, December 15, 2022
- Session: 6
- Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:11
- Meeting closed at: 11:29
- Published: Thursday, December 15, 2022 04:30pm
Committee Members Attendees
Apologies received from
1 Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take item 4 in private.
2 COVID-19 Surveillance:
The Committee took evidence from—
Dr Rachel Helliwel, Director, Centre of Expertise for Waters (CREW) and the Hydro Nation International Centre;
George Ponton, Head of Research and Innovation, Scottish Water;
Peter Singleton, Research, Innovation and Evidence Manager, Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA);
and then from—
Professor Sharon Peacock CBE, Executive Director and Chair, Covid-19 Genomics UK Consortium;
Mike Gray, Service Manager for Laboratory Medicine, NHS Lothian and Dr Kate Templeton, Head Molecular Diagnostics, (Microbiology, Virology and Molecular pathology), Director STI and viral genotyping reference laboratory, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh ;
Professor Rory Gunson, Consultant Clinical Scientist and Virology Clinical Lead/Laboratory Director, West of Scotland Specialist Virology Centre, Glasgow Royal Infirmary;
Professor Matthew Holden, COG-UK Principal Investigator, Public Health Scotland.
3 Consideration of evidence(In Private):
The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.
4 Long COVID (In Private):
The Committee agreed its approach to the inquiry.