Medical Devices Committee

Overview

This committee provides leadership and offers direction to NHS Scotland in its preparation for the future UK medical devices regulatory regime due to be implemented in 2025. 

It will:

• seek to enhance preparedness by commissioning short life working groups with the relevant subject matter expertise to develop unified approaches or national guidance where useful
• oversee the support required to NHS boards to comply with regulations and national guidance by supporting local board medical device policies and developing a Monitoring and Improvement Framework
• advise the SG Medical Devices Policy Unit on the delivery of a Scottish Government Medical Device Policy Framework and Action Plan
• direct issues to the appropriate national structures, where possible. For example, service-specific issues would be handled by their respective board governance groups, like the Diagnostics Steering Group, Digital Portfolio Board or National Infrastructure Board

Members

• Professor Sir Gregor Smith, Chief Medical Officer, Scottish Government
• Gordon James, Board Chief Executive, NHS Golden Jubilee   
• Kirsty Brightwell, Medical Director, NHS Shetland
• Malcolm Phillips, Healthcare Science Lead, NHS Lothian
• Eddie Fraser, Chief Executive, COSLA
• Marc Turner, Director of Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, NHS National Services Scotland
• John Gebbie, Director of Finance, NHS 24
• Lynsay Gracie, Head of Decontamination, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
• Andrew Reilly, Chief Medical Officer Specialty Advisor for Clinical Physics, Scottish Government
• Steven Friel, Chair of national Incident Safety Officers, NHS Golden Jubilee
• Janette Kennan, Nurse Director, NHS Fife
• Amanda Wong, AHP Director, NHS Fife
• Sulisti Holmes, Head of Incident Reporting and Investigation Centre, NHS National Services Scotland
• Neil Smart, Chair of Scottish Health Technologies Group, Health Improvement Scotland
• Kenny Rees, National Procurement, NHS National Services Scotland
• Claire Fernie, Public Partner, Health Improvement Scotland
• Ewan Bell, Chair of Board Medical Devices Committee, NHS Dumfries and Galloway
• Deputy Director of Digital Health and Care, Scottish Government
• Head of Innovation Adoption, Scottish Government
• Medical Devices and Legislation Unit, Scottish Government

Publications