Minutes: 21 January 2026

1. Decision on taking business in private:

The Committee agreed to take agenda items 4, 5 and 6 in private.

2. Improving care experience: Delivering The Promise:

The Committee took evidence from—

Fiona Duncan, Independent Strategic Advisor - the promise and Chair of, The Promise Scotland.

3. Delayed discharges: A symptom of the challenges faced by health and social care/ Community health and social care: Performance 2025:

The Committee took evidence from—

Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland;

Carol Calder, Audit Director and Adam Bullough, Audit Manager, Audit Scotland;

Malcolm Bell, Member, Accounts Commission

4. Delayed discharges: A symptom of the challenges facing health and social care/ Community health and social care: Performance 2025 (In Private):

The Committee considered the evidence heard at agenda item 3 and took further evidence from—

Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland;

Carol Calder, Audit Director and Adam Bullough, Audit Manager, Audit Scotland;

Malcolm Bell, Member, Accounts Commission.

5. Improving care experience: Delivering The Promise (In Private):

The Committee deferred consideration of its next steps to a future meeting.

6. Delayed discharges: A symptom the the challenges facing health and social care/ Community health and social care: Performance 2025 (In Private):

The Committee deferred consideration of its next steps to a future meeting.