Cross-Party Group on Health Inequalities 12.30-1.45pm Tuesday 1 February 2022 Minute Present MSPs Brian Whittle Carol Mochan Invited guests Petra Biberbach, Planning Aid Scotland Narek Bido, Addictions Support & Counselling (ASC) Sara Bradley, University of Highlands and Islands Margaret Brown, NHS Highland Steve Brown, Roche Hilda Campbell, COPE Scotland Lily Craig, Leeds Playhouse Fleur Dijkman, Planning Aid Scotland Gillian Fergie, University of Glasgow Alex Ferris, Leeds Playhouse Brian Forbes, AstraZeneca Helen Forrest, Children's Health Scotland Jennifer Forsyth, Obesity Action Scotland Susan Fullerton, PLUS (Forth Valley) Ltd Kate Joester, Living Streets Avril Johnstone, University of Glasgow Maureen Kennedy, NASUWT Una MacFadyen, PLUS Forth Valley and Children's Health Scotland Ellie Manners, Leeds Playhouse Ishbel McGeorge, Office of Emma Harpers MSP Kirsty McNab, Scottish Sports Futures Sarah Murray, Royal Voluntary Service Fiona Pirrie, East Ayrshire Carers Centre Ltd Gemma Richardson, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Katherine Smith, University of Strathclyde Anna Wilson, Planning Aid Scotland Non-MSP Group Members Pervin Ahmad, Saheliya Sade Aworinde, Deaf Links 1 Gillian Bell, MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow Lauren Blair, Voluntary Health Scotland Shaymaa Bolbol, Linknet Christine Carlin, Home-Start Alison Crofts, Voluntary Health Scotland Paula Fraser, VOX Scotland Alana Harper, Deaf Links Amy Hickman, Breast Cancer Now Catherine Hughes, The ALLIANCE/Poverty Alliance/Friends of Centre for Integrative Care Murdo Macdonald, Church of Scotland Angus Maclean, Befriending Networks Mark Macleod, Energy Saving Trust - Home Energy Scotland David Main, Voluntary Health Scotland Leigh Mair, Scottish Rural Health Partnership Ian McCall, Paths for All Rebecca McColl, SFAD Janis McDonald, The ALLIANCE (Sensory Hub) Helen Morrison, Paths for All Maureen O'Neill, Faith in Older People Fiona O'Sullivan, Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity Nell Page, Salvesen Mindroom Centre Fiona Partington, The Health Agency Sarah Randell, Teapot Trust Bushra Riaz, Kidney Research UK Daniela Rondina, SIAA Arvind Salwan, Care Inspectorate Mary Sinclair, Social Enterprise Network Scotland (SENScot) Kimberley Somerside, Voluntary Health Scotland Claire Stevens, Voluntary Health Scotland Francesca Vaghi, The ALLIANCE Tom Wightman, Pasda Kirstin Worsley, The Breastfeeding Network 1 Welcome and apologies Apologies were received from Emma Harper MSP, Donald Cameron MSP and Paul O’Kane MSP.