Cross-Party Group on Health Inequalities 18:00 – 19:30 Wednesday 14 December 2022 Minute Present MSPs Donald Cameron MSP Emma Harper MSP Invited guests Richard Meade, Carers Scotland and Northern Ireland Non-MSP Group Members Salena Begley, Family Fund Lauren Blair, Voluntary Health Scotland Sophie Bridger, Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland Shelly Ann Brown, Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations Council Megan Burt, Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations Council Christine Carlin, Home-Start UK Susan Chambers, Pasda Judith Connell, Kidney Care UK Alison Crofts, Voluntary Health Scotland Andrew Cromwell, Kidney Care UK Helen Forrest, Children's Health Scotland Paula Fraser, VOX Scotland Susan Fullerton, PLUS (Forth Valley) Ltd Edward Giles, EVOC Rob Gowans, Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE) Toni Groundwater, Families Outside Jen Hardy, Cancer Card Una MacFadyen, PLUS Forth Valley and Children’s Health Scotland Angus Maclean, Befriending Networks David Main, Voluntary Health Scotland Catriona Melville, Age Scotland Justina Murray, Scottish Families Affected By Alcohol and Drugs Daniel O'Malley, Diabetes Scotland Fiona Partington, The Health Agency Bushra Riaz, Kidney Research UK 1 Tilly Robinson-Miles , Food Train Kimberley Somerside, Voluntary Health Scotland Claire Stevens, Voluntary Health Scotland Nicola Watson, Shared Lives Pus Hugo Whitaker, Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations Council Tom Wightman, Pasda Laura Wilson, Royal Pharmaceutical Society Non Members Margaret Brown, NHS Highland Christine Farquhar, Edinburgh Integration Joint Board Zephania Hartojo, UN House Scotland Gary Meek, GCA Naomi Watson, NHS Highland 1 Welcome and apologies No apologies were received.