Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill: Advisory Group

Overview

Building on the work of the Patient Reference Group and Specialist Reference Group, which advised on the development of the public consultation on proposals for a Patient Safety Commissioner, the Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill: Advisory Group contributes to the development of draft legislation to establish the office – in particular to a joint Equalities Impact Assessment/Health Inequalities Impact Assessment/Fairer Scotland Duty Assessment.

Outputs from the group’s discussions will provide valuable input throughout the legislative process, although decisions on policy will be taken by the Minister for Public Health, Women’s Health and Sport.

Membership

The group is co-chaired by Donna O’Boyle, Professional Adviser to Chief Medical Officer and Chief Nursing Officer, and Charlie Bethune, patient representative.

Membership has been drawn from the Patient and Specialist Reference Groups with the addition of some further key stakeholders.

Non-patient members will be asked to represent their organisation in serving on this group.

Members

• Donna O’Boyle, Professional Adviser to Chief Medical Officer and Chief Nursing Officer (Co-chair)
• Charlie Bethune (Patient Co-chair), Valproate Scotland
• Alison Britton, Transvaginal Mesh Moderator/Care Record Review
• Julie Campbell, Nuffield Health Glasgow Hospital, Independent Healthcare Providers Network Scotland representative
• Lynsey Cleland, Healthcare Improvement Scotland Director of Quality Assurance
• Susan Cole, Patient Representative, Valproate Victims
• Innes Connor, Healthcare Improvement Scotland Incident Reporting Information Centre / Adverse Events Network
• Nicola Cotter, General Medical Council Head of GMC Scotland
• Claire Daisley, Patient Representative
• Claire Goodheir Curtis, Healthcare Improvement Scotland Acting Head of Engagement Programmes
• Gordon Johnston, NHS Forth Valley Whistleblower Champion
• Rona Johnson, Epilepsy Scotland Interim Policy and Communications Manager.
• Aileen Lawrie, NHS Fife - Associate Director of Midwifery
• Marie Lyon, Patient Representative, Association for Children Damaged by Hormone Pregnancy Tests
• Emma Mackay, Patient Representative
• Lisa Megginson, Patient Representative
• Sharon Mercado, Patient Representative, Scottish Mesh Survivors
• Irene Oldfather, The Health and Social Care Alliance - Director of Strategy and Engagement
• Anncris Roberts, Scottish Government, Unit Head, Safety Openness and Learning
• Jo Swanson, Scottish Government – Senior Division Head, Planning and Quality
• Simon Watson, Healthcare Improvement Scotland - Medical Director and Strategic Lead for Safety
• Craig White, Scottish Government, Strategy and Clinical Advisor
• Bill Wright, Haemophilia Scotland, Chair

Group management

• Will Wood, Team Leader, Scottish Government – Safety, Openness and Learning Unit
• Pauline Bennett, Senior Policy Manager, Scottish Government – Safety, Openness and Learning Unit (until June 2022)
• Jenny Hunt, Senior Policy Manager, Scottish Government – Safety, Openness and Learning Unit
• Graeme Aitken, Policy Officer, Scottish Government – Safety, Openness and Learning Unit (until August 2022)
• Fiona Brennan, Graduate Development Programme, Scottish Government – Safety Openness and learning Unit (from September 2022)

Publications

Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill - Advisory Group: terms of reference