Humza Yousaf's meetings with NHS: 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 meetings with NHS Chairs on September 5 and October 24
2. Humza Yousaf's meeting with NHS GGC on September 6
3. Humza Yousaf's meeting with NHS Chairs and CEOs on September 22
4. Humza Yousaf's meeting with NHS Health Board CEOs on September 26
5. Humza Yousaf's meeting with NHS CEOs and HSCP officers on October 25
6. Humza Yousaf's meeting on system pressures and recovery on October 27
7. Humza Yousaf's meeting with NHS Chairs and Executives on October 31

Response

Humza Yousaf's meetings with NHS Chairs on September 5 and October 24

5 September 2022

I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested.

Some of the information you have requested is available from NHS Chairs minutes: September 2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) and Stage of treatment waiting times - Inpatients, day cases and new outpatients 30 September 2022 - Publications - Public Health Scotland. Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the websites listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because exemptions under section 30(b)(ii) (free and frank exchange of views) and section 38(1)(b) (personal information) of FOISA applies to that information. The reasons why these exemptions apply are explained in the Annex to this letter.

This meeting took place virtually via Microsoft Teams.

24 October 2022

I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested.

Some of the information you have requested is available from NHS Chairs minutes: October 2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) and Show all releases - Publications - Public Health Scotland. Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the websites listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.

Some of the documents you have requested contain unverified management data that has not been quality assured. Public Health Scotland will publish this data when it has been properly collated and checked on 28 February 2023. You will be able to access this report here: Show all releases - Publications - Public Health Scotland.

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because an exemption under section 30(b)(ii) (free and frank exchange of views) of FOISA applies to that information. The reasons why this exemption applies are explained in the Annex to this letter.

This meeting took place virtually via Microsoft Teams.

Humza Yousaf's meeting with NHS GGC on September 6

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because exemptions under section 30(b)(ii) (free and frank exchange of views) and section 38(1)(b) (personal information) of FOISA applies to that information. The reasons why these exemptions apply are explained in the Annex to this letter.

Humza Yousaf's meeting with NHS Chairs and CEOs on September 22

I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested.

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because exemptions under section 30(b)(ii) (free and frank exchange of views) and section 38(1)(b) (personal information) of FOISA applies to that information. The reasons why these exemptions apply are explained in the Annex to this letter.

This meeting took place virtually via Microsoft Teams.

Humza Yousaf's meeting with NHS Health Board CEOs on September 26

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide the information you have requested because an exemption under section 30(b)(ii) (free and frank exchange of views) of FOISA applies to that information. The reasons why this exemption applies are explained in the Annex to this letter.

However, some of the information you have requested is available from Show all releases - Publications - Public Health Scotland. Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the websites listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.

Humza Yousaf's meeting with NHS CEOs and HSCP officers on October 25

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide the information you have requested because an exemption under section 30(b)(ii) (free and frank exchange of views) of FOISA applies to that information. The reasons why this exemption applies are explained in the Annex to this letter.

Humza Yousaf's meeting on system pressures and recovery on October 27

I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested.

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because an exemption under section 38(1)(b) (personal information) of FOISA applies to that information. The reasons why this exemptions apply are explained in the Annex to this letter.

Some of the documents you have requested contain unverified management data that had not been quality assured. Public Health Scotland will publish this data when it has been properly collated and checked on 28 February 2023. You will be able to access this report here: Show all releases - Publications - Public Health Scotland

Some of the information you have requested is available from Show all releases - Publications - Public Health Scotland. Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the websites listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.

This meeting took place virtually via Microsoft Teams.

Humza Yousaf's meeting with NHS Chairs and Executives on October 31

This meeting took place virtually via Microsoft Teams.

Attendees:

• Humza Yousef - Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
• Caroline Lamb - DG Health and Social Care, Chief Executive NHS Scotland
• John Burns – Chief Operating Officer
• Carole Wilkinson, HIS Chair – Vice Chair of NHS Chairs Group
• Nick Morris, NHS Dumfries and Galloway Chair – Chair of NHS Chairs Group
• Ralph Roberts, NHS Borders Chief Executive – Chair of NHS Chief Executives Group
• Robbie Pearson, HIS Chief Executive – Vice Chair of NHS Chief Executives Group
• Robert Kirkwood – Head of the Office of the Chief Executive

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because an exemption under section 30(b)(ii) (free and frank exchange of views) of FOISA applies to that information. The reasons why this exemption applies are explained in the Annex to this letter.

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