Lay members of the Clinical Standards Board for Scotland's service review groups will receive reimbursement of travel and subsistence expenses and compensation for loss of earnings in accordance with NHS rules.The board has decided not to pay lay members (unlike, I believe, the General Medical Council (GMC) and the Centre for Health Improvement (CHI)) because the board felt that this would breach the tradition of voluntarism and in response to views expressed by a number of potential lay members that payment would compromise their independence.