Humza Yousaf's meetings with NHS Lothian: FOI release

Information requested

All internal and external correspondence within and sent or received by the Scottish Government including attached documents, meeting handouts, memos, briefings to ministers, attendee lists, location of meeting, notes, minutes, or OneNote memos, linked to the following meetings:

1. Humza Yousaf's meeting with NHS Lothian's chief executive on August 27, 2022
2. Humza Yousaf's meeting with NHS Lothian on August 29, 2022 1c)
3. Humza Yousaf's meeting with Phil Yelland on August 30, 2022
4. Humza Yousaf's meeting with Dr Buist, the Chair of BMA Scotland, on August 9, 2022

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1. Humza Yousaf's meeting with NHS Lothian's chief executive on August 27, 2022

Meeting Handouts/Memos/Briefings to Ministers

n/a

Location of Meeting

MS Teams

Notes/minutes/OneNote memos

A verbal situational update provided on the emerging serious issue at the Central Decontamination Unit at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh.

Attendees

• Cabinet Secretary Health and Social Care
• Calum Campbell – NHS Lothian Mike Healy - Scottish Government
• Gordon James - Scottish Government
• REDACTED - Scottish Government
• REDACTED - Scottish Government
• REDACTED - Scottish Government

2. Humza Yousaf's meeting with NHS Lothian on August 29, 2022

Meeting Handouts/Memos/Briefings to Ministers

• Annex A attached
• Annex B attached

Location of Meeting

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Notes/minutes/OneNote memos

n/a

Attendees

• Cabinet Secretary Health and Social Care
• Calum Campbell – NHS Lothian
• Professor John Connaghan CBE – Chairman
• Mrs Janice Alexander – Site Director, RIE
• REDACTED - Scottish Government
• REDACTED - Scottish Government
• REDACTED - Scottish Government
• REDACTED - Scottish Government
• REDACTED - Scottish Government
• Jon McCormack, Major Trauma Clinical Lead, Paediatrics
• Martin McKechnie, National Clinical Lead, Scottish Trauma Network
• Mr Edward Dunstain, Clinical Lead, Southeast Scotland Trauma Network, Specialty Adviser to the Chief Medical Officer
• Martin Esposito – Consultant Paramedic, Major Trauma, Scottish Ambulance Service
• Claire McNee, Clinical Nurse Manager, Major Trauma & Orthopaedics
• Alison Eadie, Rehab Coordinator
• Dennis Kerr, Paediatric Advanced Nurse Practitioner
• Kristin Main, Paediatric Rehab Coordinator
• Angela Lindsay, North East Locality Manager, Edinburgh HSCP (lead on the visit). Biography at Annex E
•  Mike Massaro-Mallinson, Operational Director, Edinburgh HSCP (lead on the visit). Biography at Annex E
• Laura Groom, CRT Lead on Day, Team Lead – Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner
• Dr Gourab Choudhury, Consultant Respiratory Physician
• Claire Easton, Service Lead Physio@Home and Associated Services
• Helen Heaney, Specialist Integrated Care Pharmacist
• Fabia Cientanni, Clinical Psychologist
• Isabella Crowther, Specialist Physiotherapist

3. Humza Yousaf's meeting with Phil Yelland on August 30, 2022

A meeting with Phil Yelland did not take place on this date. Instead Cabinet Secretary met with Gordon Arthur.

Meeting Handouts/Memos/Briefings to Ministers

Annex C, D and E attached.

Location of Meeting

MS Teams

Notes/minutes/OneNote memos

Annex F

Attendees

• Gordon Arthur – Interim CEO, Cricket Scotland
• Stewart Harris – CEO, sportscotland
• John Lunn – Head of sport development, sportscotland
• REDACTED – Head of Active Scotland
• REDACTED – Head of Delivery, Active Scotland

4. Humza Yousaf's meeting with Dr Buist, the Chair of BMA Scotland, on August 9, 2022

Meeting Handouts/Memos/Briefings to Ministers

Annex G attached

Location of Meeting

MS Teams

Notes/minutes/OneNote memos

Annex H attached.

Attendees

• Dr Andrew Buist - BMA Chair
• David Prince – Scottish General Practitioners Committee
• REDACTED - Scottish Government
• REDACTED - Scottish Government

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FOI - 202200331303 - Annex A

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23 page PDF

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523.4 kB

FOI - 202200331303 - Annex B-H

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35 page PDF

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732.1 kB