Cross-Party Group on Palliative Care Hybrid Meeting Wednesday 19 February 2025, 6.00-7.30pm, Scottish Parliament Committee Room 6 and on MS Teams] Approved Minute In Person: Bob Doris MSP XPG Convenor Marie McNair MSP XPG Deputy Convenor Edward Mountain MSP Kirsty Boyd Scottish Government David Cameron Office of Bob Doris Sandra Campbell Scottish Ambulance Service Libby Ferguson Marie Curie Niamh Flannigan Office of Liam McArthur MSP Mark Hazelwood Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care Joe Higgins Humanist Society Scotland Annabel Howell CHAS Rachel Kemp Marie Curie Sandra Lucas University of the West of Scotland Fiona MacCormick NHS Grampian Aileen Morton Hospice UK Rebecca Patterson Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care Chris Provan Royal College of GPs Scotland Juliet Spiller Marie Curie Alyson Thomson Dignity in Dying Rhona Winnington University of the West of Scotland Gillian Wright Our Duty of Care Remote: Jackie Baillie MSP Beatrice Wishart MSP Billi Allen-Mandeville The ALLIANCE Colin Ashwood St Margaret of Scotland Hospice Jo Bowden NHS Fife Emma Carduff Marie Curie Lara Celini Humanist Bruce Cleminson Macmillan Doctor Nicki Crossan Scottish Government Amy Dalrymple Marie Curie Claire Douglas NHS Tayside Pauline Ellison Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care Liz Forbat University of Stirling Karen Harvie NHS Lanarkshire Donna Hastings St Columba’s Hospice Care Lesley Howells Maggie’s Scotland Linda McCurrach No-One Dies Alone Ayrshire Mairi-Clare McGowan St Vincent’s Hospice Coletter McDiarmid MND Scotland Jacqui Marwick Cruse Scotland Jacqueline Massie Andrene Maxwell Libby Milton Marie Curie Sarah Mills St Andrew’s University Kathleen Morison Soul midwives Scotland Careen Mullen-McKay Scott Murray University of Edinburgh Clare Murphy St Margaret of Scotland Hospice Lorna Porteous NHS Lothian Neil Ritchie Scottish Government James Robertson Ayrshire Hospice Ross Sanderson RCN Scotland Heather Tonner NHSGGC Care Home Collaborative Ed Tulloch NHS Education for Scotland Michael Veitch CARE for Scotland Ellie Wagstaff Marie Curie Becca Young Scottish Care Apologies: Tracy Flynn Ayrshire Hospice Bridget Johnston NHS GGC / University of Glasgow Sandra McConnell NHS Lanarkshire/ Kilbryde Hospice Clare McGowan NHSGGC Jacki Smart ACCORD Hospice Kenny Steele Highland Hospice Jackie Stone St Columba’s Hospice Care Julie Watson Marie Curie Agenda item 1 - Welcome, introduction and apologies Bob Doris welcomed attendees to the meeting and invited those in the room to introduce themselves, and those attending virtually to introduce themselves in the chat.