Chamber and committees

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

The Committee was established in June 2021. It focuses on:

health services in Scotland, including performance, staffing and funding
NHS recovery and remobilisation
primary care, including dentistry, GPs, and pharmacy services
public health including mental health and wellbeing, and tackling drug and alcohol misuse
social care
sport and physical activity

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The Health, Social Care and Sport Committee usually meets weekly on Tuesdays.

Previous meetings of the committee

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Work of the Committee

Current work

Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill

Healthcare in remote and rural areas

National Care Service (Scotland) Bill

Post-legislative scrutiny of the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013

Reducing drug deaths in Scotland and tackling problem drug use

Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill

Completed work

Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill

Alternative pathways into primary care

Experiences of the Complex Mesh Surgical Service

Health and wellbeing of children and young people

Inquiry into female participation in sport and physical activity

Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary

Transvaginal Mesh Removal Cost Reimbursement Scotland Bill

Future work

The Committee considers its work programme regularly to maintain a rolling programme of business. The Committee's main business over coming months will include:

Legislation

National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will undertake additional scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 2 in Autumn/Winter 2024.

Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: The Committee issued a call for written evidence in June 2024, which will close in August. The Committee plans to hold oral evidence sessions as part of its Stage 1 scrutiny in late 2024.

Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider its approach to scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1 in due course.

The Committee will also further consider the following topics. Please note timings have been provided where known:

Pre-budget scrutiny 2024-25, focusing on financial position of IJBs – September 2024
National Outcomes, which are a key aspect of the National Performance Framework (NPF) – September 2024
Post-legislative scrutiny: Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019
Scrutiny of tobacco and vaping policy
Electronic patient records
Perinatal mental health

Correspondence

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

National Care Service (Scotland) Bill - Stage 2 amendments

Letter from the Allied Health Professions Federation Scotland to the HSCS Convener concerning proposed Stage 2 amendments to the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill, 4 October 2024

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

National Care Service (Scotland) Bill - Stage 2 amendments

Letter from RCN Scotland to the HSCS Convener concerning proposed Stage 2 amendments to the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill, 4 October 2024

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

PE2104 End the pause on prescribing puberty blockers to children in Scotland

Letter from the Convener of the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee to the HSCS Convener concerning petition PE2104, 2 October 2024

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Official Reports of meetings

Meeting date: Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private, National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2

Meeting date: Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Interests, Decision on Taking Business in Private, National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2

Meeting date: Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private, National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2, Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private, Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People (Independent Review), Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private, National Performance Framework (Proposed National Outcomes)

Meeting date: Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private, Pre-budget Scrutiny 2025-26

Meeting date: Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Interests, Decision on Taking Business in Private, Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 (Post-legislative Scrutiny)

Meeting date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private, Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 (Post-legislative Scrutiny), Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private, Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 (Post-legislative Scrutiny)

Meeting date: Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private, National Health Service Waiting Times, Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 (Post-legislative Scrutiny)

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Reports

Committee reports

14 October 2024

Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2025-26

07 October 2024

Remote and Rural Healthcare Inquiry

A Health, Social Care and Sport Committee inquiry report into remote and rural healthcare in Scotland. This report examines the unique challenges these areas face in relation to access to healthcare, Scottish Government policy commitments to tackle these challenges, and what more can be done in future to meet the healthcare needs of people living in remote and rural areas.

09 September 2024

Post-legislative scrutiny of the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013: Phase 2

Phase 2 of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee's post-legislative scrutiny of the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013

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