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
- primary care - including dentistry, GPs, and pharmacy services
- public health including mental health and wellbeing, and tackling drugs misuse
- social care
- sport and physical activity
Next meeting
Meeting details are not yet available. They will be published here in due course.
Get in touch
If you want to get in touch, you can contact Alex Bruce, the Clerk for the committee.
Address: The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @SP_HSCS
If you're appearing as a witness at a committee, take a look at our witness guide for more information.
Members
Members of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Current Members
Gillian Martin
Convener
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Aberdeenshire East (Constituency)
Paul O'Kane
Deputy Convener
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: West Scotland (Region)
Stephanie Callaghan
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Uddingston and Bellshill (Constituency)
Dr. Sandesh Gulhane
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Glasgow (Region)
Emma Harper
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: South Scotland (Region)
Gillian Mackay
Member
Party: Scottish Green Party
MSP for: Central Scotland (Region)
Carol Mochan
Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: South Scotland (Region)
David Torrance
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Kirkcaldy (Constituency)
Evelyn Tweed
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Stirling (Constituency)
Sue Webber
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Lothian (Region)
Substitute Members
Jackie Baillie
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Dumbarton (Constituency)
Russell Findlay
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: West Scotland (Region)
Marie McNair
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Clydebank and Milngavie (Constituency)
Committee work
Current
Previous
Correspondence
Committee correspondence
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Care and Wellbeing Portfolio - Response from Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Letter from Humza Yousaf, Cabinet Secretary, Health and Social Care with an update on the Care and Wellbeing Portfolio, 25 May 2022
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Letter from the Gillian Martin, Convener, Health, Social Care and Sport Committee to Humza Yousaf, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care and Care and Wellbeing Portfolio, 11 May 2022
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Letter from Kevin Stewart, Minister for Mental Wellbeing and Social Care informing of the introduction of funding for a national roll out of annual health checks for anyone over the age of 16 with a learning disability, 20 May 2022
Official Reports
Official Reports
Meeting date: Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Social Care, Subordinate Legislation
Meeting date: Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Audit Scotland Report: “NHS in Scotland 2021”
Meeting date: Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Tackling Alcohol Harms, Provisional Common Framework on Food Composition Standards and Labelling, Subordinate Legislation
Reports
Committee reports
Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People
An inquiry report by the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee on the health and wellbeing of children and young people in Scotland.
Additional supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum to the Health and Care Bill
This report sets out the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee's consideration of an additional supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum on the UK Health and Care Bill.
Remit
To consider and report on matters falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care and matters relating to drugs policy.