PE1915 : Reinstate Caithness County Council and Caithness NHS Board
Petition Summary
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to reinstate Caithness County Council and Caithness NHS Board.
Petitioner: William Sinclair
Status: Closed
Date published: 02 December 2021
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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Consideration
SPICe Briefing (203KB, pdf) posted 11 January 2022
Committee Meetings
23 February 2022: The Committee agreed to write to NHS Highland. It also agreed to consider this petition alongside PE1845: Agency to advocate for the healthcare needs of rural Scotland and PE1890: Find solutions to recruitment and training challenges for rural healthcare in Scotland at a future meeting and to hear evidence from the petitioner at that meeting.
Official Report of Meeting 23 February 2022
8 June 2022: The Committee took evidence from petitioner Billy Sinclair and agreed to consider the evidence heard at a future meeting.
Official Report of Meeting 8 June 2022
15 June 2022: The Committee agreed to refer the petition to the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, in the context of that committee’s wider consideration of health inequalities.
Official Report of Meeting 15 June 2022
Written Submissions
PE1915/A: Deputy First Minister submission of 20 December 2021
PE1915/B: Petitioner submission of 28 January 2022
PE1915/C: NHS Highland submission of 11 April 2022 (71KB, pdf) posted 13 April 2022
PE1915/D: Petitioner submission of 12 June 2022 (209KB, pdf) posted 13 June 2022
PE1915/E: Petitioner submission of 25 July 2022 (138KB, pdf) posted 18 August 2022
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee Consideration
Committee Meetings
25 October 2022: The Committee considered the following petitions—PE1915: Reinstate Caithness County Council and Caithness NHS Board. The Committee agreed to close the petition. PE1845: Agency to advocate for the healthcare needs of rural Scotland; PE1890: Find solutions to recruitment and training challenges for rural healthcare in Scotland; and PE1924: Complete an emergency in-depth review of Women's Health services in Caithness & Sutherland. The Committee agreed to write to rural health boards seeking evidence on the issues raised within the petitions before inviting the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care to give oral evidence to the Committee.