Cross-Party Group on Health Inequalities Tuesday 7 February 13:00 Minute Present MSPs Brian Whittle MSP Audrey Nicoll MSP Invited guests • Wendy Sinclair-Gieben, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, Scotland • David Logan, Outside Voices, Families Outside • Toni Groundwater Families Outside Non-MSP Group Members Ross Barrow, Royal Pharmaceutical Society Lauren Blair, Voluntary Health Scotland Kathleen Boyd, University of Glasgow Garry Burns, Alcohol Focus Scotland Hilda Campbell, COPE Scotland Lewis Clarke, HIV Scotland Judith Connell, kidney care uk Wendy Cooper, Waverley Care Anna Cowan, Waverley Care Alison Crofts, Voluntary Health Scotland Sarah Curtis, University of Edinburgh Alan Eagleson, Terrence Higgins Trust Scotland Jennifer Ferguson, Families Outside Paula Fraser, VOX Scotland Gillian Frayling-Kelly, Positive Help Susan Gimson, Public Health Scotland Lesley Graham, SHAAP Cindy Gray, University of Glasgow Alana Harper, Deaf Links Emily Hindmarch, Cancer Research UK Rebecca Joyce, Families Outside Nicole Kane, Royal College of Occupational Therapists Megan MacDonald, Pancreatic Cancer Action David Main, Voluntary Health Scotland Millie Mann, Families Outside Marianna Marquardt, Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs 1 Justina Murray, Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs Pamela Murray, BDA Scotland Nell Page, Salvesen Mindroom Centre Claire Stevens, Voluntary Health Scotland Kimberley Somerside, Voluntary Health Scotland Bushra Riaz, Kidney Research UK Non Members Heather Baxter, Eli Lilly and Company Ltd Sara Bradley, UHI Margaret Brown, NHS HIghland Stewart Campbell, Parole Board for Scotland Joyce Cattanach, Headway East Lothian Catriona Connell, University of Stirling Sasha Groves, CrossReach Janis Heaney, NHS National Services Scotland Kate Hunt, University of Stirling Rob Littlejohn, Scotland's Futures Forum Kevin Lyle, NHS Ayrshire and Arran Nicola McAndrew, Scottish Government Morag McGrath, East Ayrshire Council Sandy Robertson, MSP Staff Mehar Shagufta, Playlist for Life Apologies Bob Doris MSP, Emma Harper MSP, Donald Cameron MSP, Carol Mochan MSP Agenda item 1 Brian Whittle MSP convened the first hybrid meeting of the cross-party group, welcoming those in person and online.