Cross-Party Group on Diabetes rd Date and Time 3 December 2024 6:30-8:30 Minute Present MSPs List MSPs names – Paul O’Kane MSP, Emma Harper MSP, Jenni Minto MSP and Sarah Boyack MSP Invited guests Non-MSP Group Members Mary Moody Mhairi Macdonald Paul Niven Robert Lindsay Ruth Chapman Sarah Wild Sheila M Sheila Reith Shelley Murray Shiela Trachsier Stephen Nixon Stuart McLaughlan Susan Fletcher Syed Kerbalai Vicky Gkloumpou Alison Grant Alison Templeton Billy Wright Bryony Murray Bushra Riaz Caroline Miller Dave Curry 1 Elliott Fulton Gillian Frayling-Kelly Gordon & Christine Ritchie Grant Reilly Grant Thoms Emma Harper MSP Heather Rankine Ian Aitken Ian Sloan IHGN (Michael Houghton) Isabel Macleod Izzy Roberts Jessica Chapman Jinty Moffett JN Fraser Judith Kennon Kirsty Jarvis Laurie Eyles Lesley Murdoch Lesley Ross Leigh Mair (HP MA) BI-GB-B Apologies Lochlan Murdoch BCyA Julie Taylor Graeme McArthur Ron McDowall Agenda item 1 AGM Business: o Paul O'Kane MSP (proposed by Sarah Boyack MSP and seconded by Emma Harper MSP) and Emma Harper MSP (proposed by Sarah Boyack MSP and seconded by Paul O’Kane MSP) were re-elected as Co-Conveners of the Cross-Party Group on Diabetes. o Diabetes Scotland was re-nominated as Secretary of the group (proposed by Paul O’Kane MSP and seconded by Emma Harper MSP). 2. 2 Agenda item 2 Minister's Update: o Jenni Minto, Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health, discussed: ▪ Recognised that many people attending the CPG feel there has not been enough communication regarding progress in diabetes care. ▪ Progress in rolling out diabetes technology, especially closed-loop systems for children – 63% of all children with type 1 diabetes in Scotland manage their condition using a closed loop system.