Public Audit Committee
Minutes: 07 October 2021
Thursday, 07 October 2021
6th Meeting, 2021
Minutes
1. Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take item 3 in private.
2. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services:
The Committee took evidence from—
Caroline Amos, Chair, Mental Health in Schools Working Group;
Hannah Axon, Policy Manager, COSLA, representing the COSLA Co-Chair and Donna Bell, Co-Chair, Scottish Government, Children and Young People's Mental Health and Wellbeing Joint Delivery Board;
Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland;
Alex Cumming, Assistant Director of Delivery and Development, Scottish Association for Mental Health;
Alex Pirrie, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Manager, NHS Grampian;
Martin McKay, Mental Health Representative and Registered Mental Health Nurse, UNISON;
Dr Catriona Morton, Deputy Chair (Policy), Royal College of General Practitioners.
3. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services:
The Committee considered the evidence heard at agenda item 2.