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Chamber and committees

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee


Meeting Agenda

9th Meeting, 2025

  • Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2025
  • Session: 6
  • Location: TG.60-CR3 The Fleming Room
  • Start time: 09:35am
  • Published: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 02:14pm

1 Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take item 5, and equivalent items relating to evidence on the Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill on future agendas, in private.


2 Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—


Witnesses

Eleanor Deeming, Legal Officer, Scottish Human Rights Commission

Dr Tara Shivaji, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Public Health Scotland

Hilary Steele, Solicitor, Law Society of Scotland


Dr Peter Rice, Former Chair, Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland

Lyndsey Turfus, Chair of Substance Use Subgroup, Social Work Scotland

Dr Chris Williams, Vice Chair, Royal College of General Practitioners Scotland



3 Subordinate legislation

The Committee will take evidence on the National Health Service (Common Staffing Method) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 from—


Witnesses

Neil Gray, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Scottish Government

Erin Murphy, Policy Manager, Nursing and Midwifery Policy Team, Scottish Government

Christopher Thompson, Team Leader - National Workforce Planning, Guidance and Strategy, Scottish Government



4 Subordinate legislation

The Committee will consider the following negative instruments—

National Health Service (Common Staffing Method) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025


5 Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.


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