PE/S3/08/07M

7th Meeting, 2008 (Session 3)

Tuesday 29 April 2008

Present:

The meeting opened at 2.09 pm.

1. Inquiry into the availability on the NHS of cancer treatment drugs: The Committee took evidence from—

Dr Jean Turner, Scotland Patients Association; and Professor Peter Johnson, Chief Clinician, Cancer Research UK

and then from—

Dr Harpreet Kohli, Medial Advisor, NHS Quality Improvement Scotland; Dr Ken Paterson, Chairman, Dr Andrew Walker, Health Economic Assessor, Scottish Medicines Consortium; and Mr Andrew Dillon, Chief Executive, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

and then from—

Dr Marianne Nicholson, Consultant in Clinical Oncology, Dr Roelf Dijkhuizen, Medical Director, NHS Grampian; Professor Alan Rodger, Medical Director, Beatson Regional Oncology Centre, Scott Bryson, Specialist in Pharmaceutical Public Health, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde; Dr Frances Elliot, Medical Director, NHS Fife; and Ewan Morrison, Lead Pharmacist, South East Scotland Cancer Network

2. Notification of new petitions: The Committee noted the new petitions lodged since the last Committee meeting.

3. Mainstreaming equalities in the work of the Scottish Parliament: The Committee considered a paper by the Clerk and agreed its response to the Convener of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee.

4. Scottish Government's consultation on 2014 Commonwealth Games - Delivering a lasting legacy for Scotland: The Committee considered a paper from the Clerk and agreed its response to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing on this consultation.

The meeting closed at 5.00 pm.

Fergus Cochrane
Clerk to the Public Petitions Committee