Coronavirus (COVID 19): Advisory Sub-Group on Public Health Threat Assessment

Overview

The Public Health Threat Assessment subgroup of the COVID-19 Advisory Group is a time limited expert group chaired by Professor Sir Harry Burns. It will provide advice to the Chief Medical Officer and to Scottish Ministers by:

• determining the likelihood and impact of significant and concurrent clinical risks to public health that may occur during the next 12 months
• identifying data that will be critical to signalling in advance this emerging risk and also monitoring the response of the health and social care system in addressing these
• identifying and describing high value and evidence-based interventions that healthcare systems can begin to plan and make contingency for should these threats arise

The Group will meet once a week for 60 minutes virtually. Minutes are published below. It is expected that it will be short-life in nature.

Members are operational and academic public health experts from across Scotland who can be supplemented with relevant expertise to fulfil the intended function of the group.

Members

• Professor Sir Harry Burns (Chair)
• Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Scottish Government
• Senior Medical Officer, Scottish Government
• Dr Andrew Buist, BMA Scotland
• Dr Claire Cameron, Public Health Scotland
• Dr Linda de Castecker, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
• Dr David Connell, NHS Tayside
• Dr Martin Connor, NHS Dumfries and Galloway
• Dr Andrew Cowie, BMA Scotland
• Lillian Cringles, Dumfries and Galloway Council
• Dr Monica Doyle, NHS Tayside
• Dr Julia Egan, Glasgow City HSCP
• Dr Noha El Sakka, NHS Grampian
• Professor Tom Evans, University of Glasgow
• Dr Graham Foster, NHS Forth Valley
• Alastair Leckie, NHS Lothian
• Joanna MacDonald, Argyll & Bute HSCP
• Dr Rory MacKenzie, Chair of the Scottish Critical Care Delivery Group 
• Lisa McCann, Fife Council
• Dr Margaret McGuire, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
• Dr Jim McMenamin, Public Health Scotland
• Dona Milne, NHS Fife 
• Dr Kerri Neylon, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
• Professor Jacqui Reilly, Glasgow Caledonian University and NHS National Services Scotland
• Professor Sir Lewis Ritchie, University of Aberdeen
• Dr Joy Tomlinson, NHS Ayrshire & Arran
• Susan Webb, NHS Grampian & NHS Shetland  
• Director of Planning, NHS Scotland
• Chief Social Work Adviser, Scottish Government
• Interim Head of Vaccinations, Scottish Government
• Interim Deputy Director, Primary Care, Scottish Government
• Unscheduled Care Director, Scottish Government

Documents 

Coronavirus (COVID 19): Advisory Sub-Group on Public Health Threat Assessment: terms of reference

Coronavirus (COVID 19): Advisory Subgroup on Public Health Threat Assessment: seasonal Influenza vaccination programme proposal

Coronavirus (COVID 19): Advisory Subgroup on Public Health Threat Assessment: preparing for a winter emergency report

Minutes 

Coronavirus (COVID 19): Advisory Subgroup on Public Health Threat Assessment minutes: 12 August 2020

Coronavirus (COVID 19): Advisory Subgroup on Public Health Threat Assessment minutes: 4 August 2020

Coronavirus (COVID 19): Advisory Subgroup on Public Health Threat Assessment minutes: 29 July 2020

Coronavirus (COVID 19): Advisory Sub-Group on Public Health Threat Assessment minutes: 22 July 2020

Coronavirus (COVID 19): Advisory Sub-Group on Public Health Threat Assessment minutes: 16 July 2020