Future Pandemic Preparedness: Ministerial Oversight Group
Overview
The group was established to ensure Future Pandemic Preparedness is prioritised across all areas of government to effectively manage the future pandemic risk. The group's first meeting took place on 30 January 2025.
The group will oversee the development and implementation of an updated pandemic preparedness framework which responds to the lessons identified from COVID and other high consequence infectious diseases.
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Members
- Neil Gray, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
- Angela Constance, Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs
- Graeme Dey, Minister for Higher and Further Education; and Minister for Veterans
- Natalie Don-Innes, Minister for Children, Young People and the Promise
- Jim Fairlie, Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity
- Kate Forbes, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Gaelic
- Jenny Gilruth, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills
- Richard Lochhead, Minister for Business
- Ivan McKee, Minister for Public Finance
- Jenni Minto, Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health
- Angus Robertson, Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture
- Kaukab Stewart, Minister for Equalities
- Tom Arthur, Minister for Social Care and Mental Wellbeing