COVID-19 Recovery Committee
Minutes: 10 March 2022
Thursday, 10 March 2022
8th Meeting, 2022
Minutes
1. Excess deaths in Scotland since the start of the pandemic:
The Committee took evidence from—
Rob Gowans, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE);
Lawrence Cowan, Director of Communications, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland;
Peter Hastie, Policy Manager, Macmillan Cancer Support;
Dr Lynda Fenton, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Public Health Scotland;
Dr Francisco Perez-Reche, Institute for Complex Systems and Mathematical Biology School of Natural and Computing Sciences, University of Aberdeen.
2. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill:
The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Dr Arun Chopra, Medical Director, Mental Welfare Commission Scotland;
Dr Roger Smyth, Chair, Legislative Oversight Forum, Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland.
3. Consideration of evidence (In Private):
The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.