The membership was chaired by Dr Gina Radford, Director of Public Health, NHS Fife (now working in NHS Cambridgeshire) and included the following members: Ms Ailsa Brown, Principal Health Economist, NHS Quality Improvement Scotland Mr Brian Devlin, Interim Head of Strategic Support and Ethics, NHS Highland Dr Sara Davies, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Scottish Government Professor John Haldane, Professor of Philosophy and Director, Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, University of St Andrews Professor Graeme Laurie, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence, University of Edinburgh Ms Liz Macdonald, Senior Policy Advocate, Consumer Focus Scotland Ms Jackie Sansbury, Director of Strategic Planning, NHS Lothian Secretariat: Dr Graham Mackenzie, Consultant in Public Health, NHS Lothian The workplan was to: build on discussions and conclusions from the Difficult Decisions national workshop (22 February 2008); consider the published literature on making difficult decisions in NHS boards; survey difficult decision making in planning and for individual patients across NHS boards and regional planning groups in Scotland; review key concepts within the group; assess the legal and ethical frameworks within which decisions must be made, and draft a report and circulate to members.