Chamber and committees

Two more members want to come in, Stephanie, so please make your question a short one.

I will bring in Sandesh Gulhane, who joins us online.

I call Paul O’Kane, who has a specific question about regional associations.

We are running out of time. I call Evelyn Tweed. Please make it short, Evelyn, because we must end this session.

With that in mind, we might bring you back before the start of the next season just to see how far you have come. I thank both witnesses for their time this morning.

We will have a short suspension before we move on to our next panel.

The fourth item on our agenda is an evidence session with witnesses from integration joint boards on their experiences of health and social care integration, all joining us remotely. I welcome: Stephen Brown, chief officer, Orkney integration joint board; Vicky Irons, chief officer, Dundee integration joint board; Judith Proctor, chief officer, Edinburgh integration joint board and chair, chief officer group; and Allen Stevenson, head of health and community care, chief social work officer of Inverclyde integration joint board. Good morning to you all. We will move straight to questions, led by Paul O’Kane.

We are not able to bring in Allen Stevenson yet as we are having issues with his connection. Paul O’Kane, perhaps you could move on.

Thank you. I will move on to questions from Stephanie Callaghan.

I thank our four panel members for their time.

In our next meeting, the committee will begin its scrutiny of the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill.

That concludes the public part of our meeting.

Emma Harper has a final question on Covid-19 and respiratory viruses.