Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
The Committee was established in June 2021. It focuses on:
- health services in Scotland, including performance, staffing and funding
- NHS recovery and remobilisation
- primary care, including dentistry, GPs, and pharmacy services
- public health including mental health and wellbeing, and tackling drug and alcohol misuse
- social care
- sport and physical activity
Next meeting of the committee
Details of the next meeting are not available yet.
Dates for future meetings
The Parliament is in recess from 29 June 2024. There aren't expected to be any committee meetings until September.
Previous meetings of the committee
Work of the Committee
Current work
Completed work
Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill
Alternative pathways into primary care
Budget Scrutiny 2023-24
Experiences of the Complex Mesh Surgical Service
Health and wellbeing of children and young people
Health inequalities
Inquiry into female participation in sport and physical activity
NHS boards scrutiny
Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill
Perinatal Mental Health
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary
Racism in Sport
Transvaginal Mesh Removal (Cost Reimbursement) (Scotland) Bill
Winter planning 2023-24
Future work
The Committee considers its work programme regularly to maintain a rolling programme of business. The Committee's main business over coming months will include:
Legislation
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will undertake additional scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 2 in Autumn/Winter 2024.
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: The Committee issued a call for written evidence in June 2024, which will close in August. The Committee plans to hold oral evidence sessions as part of its Stage 1 scrutiny in late 2024.
Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider its approach to scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1 in due course.
The Committee will also further consider the following topics. Please note timings have been provided where known:
- Pre-budget scrutiny 2024-25, focusing on financial position of IJBs – September 2024
- National Outcomes, which are a key aspect of the National Performance Framework (NPF) – September 2024
- Post-legislative scrutiny: Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019
- Scrutiny of tobacco and vaping policy
- Electronic patient records
- Perinatal mental health
Correspondence
Correspondence
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Infected Blood compensation update
Letter from the Minister for Public Health and Women's Health to the HSCS Convener concerning compensation for infected blood, 28 June 2024
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill - draft Stage 2 amendments
Letter from the Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport to the HSCS Convener concerning the draft Stage 2 amendments for the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill, 24 June 2024
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill Stage 2
Letter from the Scottish Association of Social Work to the HSCS Convener concerning Stage 2 of the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill, 21 June 2024
Official Reports of meetings
Official Reports of meetings
Meeting date: Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Interests, Decision on Taking Business in Private, Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 (Post-legislative Scrutiny)
Meeting date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 (Post-legislative Scrutiny), Subordinate Legislation
Meeting date: Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 (Post-legislative Scrutiny)
Meeting date: Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, National Health Service Waiting Times, Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 (Post-legislative Scrutiny)
Meeting date: Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Meeting date: Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Decisions on Taking Business in Private, Healthcare in Remote and Rural Areas, Subordinate Legislation, Tobacco and Vapes Bill
Meeting date: Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People, Food Standards Scotland
Meeting date: Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Victims and Prisoners Bill, Subordinate Legislation
Meeting date: Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Subordinate Legislation
Meeting date: Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Decisions on Taking Business in Private, Subordinate Legislation
Reports
Committee reports
Subordinate legislation considered by the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee on 21 May 2024
This report sets out the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee's consideration of two Scottish Statutory Instruments (SSIs) at its meeting on 21 May 2024 - the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (Independent Health Care) Modification Order 2024 [draft] and the Healthcare Improvement Scotland (Inspections) Amendment Regulations 2024 [draft].
Committee Remit
To consider and report on matters falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care.
Current Members
Clare Haughey
Paul Sweeney
Joe FitzPatrick
Dr. Sandesh Gulhane
Emma Harper
Gillian Mackay
Ruth Maguire
Carol Mochan
David Torrance
Tess White
Full details of committee membership, including substitute and previous members