Cross-Party Group on Health Inequalities th 6.00 pm-7.30 pm, Wednesday 19 October Minute Present MSPs Paul O’Kane Carol Mochan Emma Harper Brian Whittle Invited guests Carey Lunan, GP and Chair of Scottish Deep End Project Laura Wilson, Practice & Policy Lead, Royal Pharmaceutical Society Scotland Non-MSP Group Members Pervin Ahmad, Saheliya Lauren Blair, Voluntary Health Scotland Christine Carlin, Home-Start UK Alison Crofts, Voluntary Health Scotland Sarah Curtis, University of Edinburgh/Durham University Beth Davidson, Children's Health Scotland Helen Forrest, Children's Health Scotland Jennifer Forsyth, Obesity Action Scotland Karen Garrott, Stroke Association Rob Gowans, Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE) Gillian Hallard, RNIB Roseann Logan, The Health and Social Care Alliance (Scotland) Una Mac Fadyen, Children's Health Scotland David Main, Voluntary Health Scotland Catriona Melville, Age Scotland Bruce Nisbet, ROSPA Jim O'Rorke, ASH Scotland Nell Page, Salvesen Mindroom Centre Fiona Partington, The Health Agency Alison Railton, Kidney Research UK Tilly Robinson-Miles, Food Train Pete Seaman, GCPH Jonathan Sher, Queen's Nursing Institute Scotland Findlay Smith, Voluntary Health Scotland Kimberley Somerside, Voluntary Health Scotland Claire Stevens, Voluntary Health Scotland 1 Tom Wightman, Pasda Non-Members Margaret Brown, NHS Highland Steve Brown , Roche Ashley Cameron,Families Outside Terence Canning, UK Sepsis Trust Susan Fullerton, PLUS (Forth Valley) Ltd Toni Groundwater, Families Outside Stephanie Morrison, Robert Gordon University Gemma Richardson, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Elizabeth Smith, NHS Kimi Smith, Scottish Government Meg Thomas, Includem Annual General Meeting Agenda Item 1 Welcome and apologies Apologies Donald Cameron Agenda item 2 Election of Convenors The group agreed that Emma Harper MSP, Paul O’Kane MSP and Brian Whittle MSP should be re-elected as co-convenors for the next 12 months.