Introduction

The Bill was introduced by the Scottish Government on 25 June 2008.

The main purposes of the Bill are to:

alter the composition of health boards to include directly elected members and provide a statutory basis for the presence of local councillors as health board members;
make provision for the holding of elections to health boards; and
provide that these provisions are to come into force on a pilot basis.

For details on how to submit your views on the Bill see the Health and Sport Committee's call for evidence.

Correspondence received

The following correspondence has been received from:

the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing with further information on the Bill (3.16 MB PDF)

the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing regarding the financial memorandum. (45 KB PDF)

Evidence received

Evidence was received from the following organisations and individuals:

HBE01 The Consulting Rooms (314KB PDF)

HBE02 Falkirk Council SNP Group (286KB PDF)

HBE03 Professor Colin Reid (21KB PDF)

HBE04 Glasgow City Council (33KB PDF)

HBE05 Geraldine Strickland (17KB PDF)

HBE06 Dr Joan Scott (14KB PDF)

HBE07 Local Health Concern (30KB PDF)

HBE08 Angus Council (17KB PDF)

HBE09 Professor David H Barlow (14KB PDF)

HBE10 Inclusion Scotland (29KB PDF)

HBE11 MS Society Scotland (23KB PDF)

HBE12 Blackburn Community Centre (13KB PDF)

HBE13 West Lothian Council (35KB PDF)

HBE14 Charted Society of Physiotherapy (18KB PDF)

HBE15 NHS Lothian (77KB PDF)

HBE16 East Lothian Council (14KB PDF)

HBE17 Royal College of Nursing Scotland (46KB PDF)

HBE18 BMA Scotland (74KB PDF)

HBE19 Professor Richard Davison (28KB PDF)

HBE20 NHS Borders (23KB PDF)

HBE21 Argyll and Bute Council (20KB PDF)

HBE22 South Lanarkshire Council (1,675KB PDF)

HBE23 NHS Health Services Scotland (25KB PDF)

HBE24 NHS Forth Valley(25KB PDF)

HBE25 NHS Health Scotland (26KB PDF)

HBE26 NHS Orkney (24 KB PDF)

HBE27 Royal College of General Practitioners (17KB PDF)

HBE28 Skills For Health (29KB PDF)

HBE29 Solace (35KB PDF)

HBE30 Aberdeen City Council (16KB PDF)

HBE31 British Dental Association (38 KB PDF)

HBE32 Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (20KB PDF)

HBE33 COSLA

HBE34 Fairshare ( 22 KB PDF)

HBE35 Howwood Community Centre (16KB PDF)

HBE36 NHS Ayrshire and Arran (37KB PDF)

HBE37 Electoral Commission (63 KB PDF)

HBE38 NHS National Waiting Times Centre (89KB PDF)

HBE39 Orkney Islands Council (28 KB PDF)

HBE40 Robert Gordon University (22KB PDF)

HBE41 NHS Ayrshire and Arran Staff Side (25 KB PDF)

HBE42 Community Pharmacy Scotland (37.4 KB PDF)

HBE43 Falkirk Council and SNP Group Supplemmentary (31 KB PDF)

HBE44 West Lothian Public Partnership (1.94 MB PDF)

HBE45 Scottish Council on Deafness (26 KB PDF)

HBE46 NHS Tayside (32 KB PDF)

HBE47 Voluntary Health Scotland (40 KB PDF)

HBE48 Allied Health Professionals Forum Scotland (29 KB PDF)

HBE49 Dunfermline and West Fife Public Partnership Forum (25KB PDF)

HBE50 Scottish Consumer Council (34 KB PDF)

HBE51 Stonewall Scotland (28 KB PDF)

HBE52 North Lanarkshire Council (18 KB PDF)

HBE53 Highland Council (35KB PDF)

HBE54 Edinburgh City Council (2.32 MB PDF)

HBE55 Scottish Borders Response (15 KB PDF)

HBE56 Scottish Health Campaigns Network (19KB PDF)

HBE57 East Renfrewshire CHCP (23.9KB PDF)

HBE58 Local Government Boundary Commission (28.2KB PDF)

HBE59 UNISON Scotland (41.8 KB PDF)