Improving health and social care service resilience over public holidays: report

Report from a review of the resilience of health and social care services over public holidays and in particular, the Christmas and Easter festive periods.


Appendix 1: Review Membership & Programme Support

Review Group

Sir Lewis Ritchie (Chair) Academic General Practitioner, University of Aberdeen
Alan Hunter NHS Scotland Director of Performance & Delivery, Lead Director of the Public Holiday Review, Scottish Government
Margaret Anderson Public Representative, NHS 24 Patient Participation Forum
Prof Derek Bell Chairman, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties Scotland, President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Claire Bell National Improvement Advisor, Scottish Government
Jan Beattie Allied Health Professions ( AHP) Lead for Primary Care, Scottish Government
Dr Jenny Bennison General Practitioner, NHS Lothian, Executive Officer (Quality), Royal College of General Practitioners Scotland
Joan Blackwood Clinical Lead, Mental Health Service Redesign, Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership
Wilma Brown Employee Director Staff Side, NHS Fife
Rachel Cackett Policy Advisor, Royal College of Nursing Scotland
Kathleen Carolan Director of Nursing, Midwifery & Allied Health, NHS Shetland
Gareth Clinkscale Clinical Service Manager, NHS Lothian
Iona Colvin Chief Social Work Advisor, Scottish Government
Dr Alastair Cook Associate Medical Director, NHS Lanarkshire, Chair, Royal College of Psychiatrists Scotland
Cath Cooney Director of Development and Improvement, Alliance Scotland
Phil Couser MBE Director Public Health and Information Services, Information Services Division ( ISD), NHS National Services Scotland
Craig Cunningham Head of Commissioning and Performance, South Lanarkshire Health & Social Care Partnership
Dr Linda de Caestecker Director of Public Health, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Dr Iain Findlay Vice President, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
Angiolina Foster CBE Chief Executive, NHS 24
Dr Norrie Gaw General Practitioner, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Chair of Out-of-Hours National Operations Group
Linda Harper Associate Nurse Director of Practice Nursing, NHS Grampian
Prof Ann Holmes Chief Midwifery Advisor & Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Scottish Government
Dr John Ip Medical Secretary, Glasgow Local Medical Committee Limited Scottish General Practitioners Committee, British Medical Association
Dr Nicola Irvine Consultant in Acute Medicine, NHS Tayside
Jacqui Lunday Johnstone Allied Health Professions ( AHP) Chief Health Professions Officer, Scottish Government
Peter Knight Head of Service, Information Support for Health and Social Care Integration Scotland, Information Services Division ( ISD), NHS National Services Scotland
Fiona MacKenzie Service Access Manager, Information Services Division ( ISD), NHS National Services Scotland
Annamarie McGregor Professional Support Pharmacist, Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Dr Martin McKechnie Consultant in Emergency Medicine, NHS Lothian. Former Vice President, Royal College of Emergency Medicine
Margaret McKeith Project Development Officer, Scottish Care
Dr Angus McKellar Medical Director NHS Western Isles, Scottish Association of Medical Directors
Prof Harry McQuillan Chief Executive, Community Pharmacy Scotland
Gill McVicar Director of Operations, NHS Highlands
Fergus Millan Head of Primary Care Transformation Team, Scottish Government
Dr Libby Morris MBE Clinical Advisor for e-Health, NHS Lothian, Scottish Government
Christina Naismith Head of Strategic Commissioning, Scottish Government
Claire Ritchie Allied Health Professions ( AHP) for Older People, Scottish Government
Claire Ronald Staff Side, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Dr Laura Ryan Associate Medical Director, NHS 24
David Small Chief Officer Health and Social Care, East Lothian, NHS Lothian
Stella Smith Sustainability and 7 day Services Programme Manager, Scottish Government
Dahrlene Tough Head of Clinical Governance and Patient Safety, Scottish Ambulance Service
Dr Sian Tucker General Practitioner/Co-Chair National Out of Hours Operations Group, Clinical Lead Primary Care Out of Hours Services NHS Lothian
Andrew Wemyss Head of Strategy Implementation & Quality Improvement, Scottish Ambulance Service
Jennifer Wilson Professional Nurse Advisor, Primary Care Division, Scottish Government
Robert Williams Deputy Director Business Intelligence, Scottish Government
Steven Wilson Senior Programme Manager, Health Improvement Scotland

Executive Group

Sir Lewis Ritchie (Chair) Academic General Practitioner, University of Aberdeen
Alan Hunter NHS Scotland Director of Performance & Delivery, Lead Director for Public Holiday Review, Scottish Government
Prof Derek Bell Chairman, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties Scotland, President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Iona Colvin Chief Social Work Advisor, Scottish Government
Peter Knight Head of Service, Information Support for Health and Social Care Integration Scotland, Information Services Division ( ISD), NHS National Services Scotland
David Small Chief Officer Health and Social Care, East Lothian, NHS Lothian
Stella Smith Sustainability and 7 day Services Programme Manager, Scottish Government
Dr Sian Tucker General Practitioner/Co-Chair National Out of Hours Operations Group, Clinical Lead Primary Care Out of Hours Services NHS Lothian
Robert Williams Deputy Director Business Intelligence, Scottish Government

Primary Care & Community Working Group

Dr Sian Tucker (Chair) General Practitioner/Co-Chair National Out of Hours Operations Group, Clinical Lead Primary Care Out of Hours Services NHS Lothian
Linda Harper (Deputy Chair) Associate Nurse Director of Practice Nursing, NHS Grampian
Margaret Anderson Public Representative, NHS 24 Patient Participation Forum
Jan Beattie Allied Health Professions ( AHP) Lead for Primary Care, Scottish Government
Dr Jenny Bennison General Practitioner, NHS Lothian, Executive Officer (Quality), Royal College of General Practitioners Scotland
Wilma Brown Employee Director, Staff Side, NHS Fife
Dr Andrew Buist General Practitioner, Chair, Scottish General Practitioners Committee, British Medical Association
Dr David Chung Emergency Medicine Consultant NHS Ayrshire & Arran, Vice President, RCEM Scotland
Dr Alastair Cook Associate Medical Director, NHS Lanarkshire, Chair, Royal College of Psychiatrists Scotland
Cath Cooney Director of Development and Improvement, Alliance Scotland
Yvonne Fielder Service Manager, Emergency Care and Older People, NHS Fife
Dr Norrie Gaw General Practitioner, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Chair of Out-of-Hours National Operations Group
Linda Gregson OBE Deputy Head of Primary Care Division, Scottish Government
Stuart Low Planning Manager, Health Performance & Delivery, Business Intelligence Division, Scottish Government
Fiona MacKenzie Service Access Manager, Information Services Division ( ISD), NHS National Services Scotland
Helen Maitland National Director of Unscheduled Care, Scottish
Prof Harry McQuillan Chief Executive, Community Pharmacy Scotland
Dr Libby Morris MBE Clinical Advisor for e-Health, NHS Lothian/Scottish Government
Claire Ronald Staff Side, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Dr Laura Ryan Associate Medical Director, NHS 24
Dahrlene Tough Head of Clinical Governance and Patient Safety, Scottish Ambulance Service

Acute Care Working Group

Prof Derek Bell (Chair) Chairman, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties Scotland, President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Claire Bell (Deputy Chair) National Improvement Advisor, Scottish Government
Margaret Anderson Public representative, NHS 24 Patient Participation Forum
Joan Blackwood Clinical Lead - Mental Health Service Redesign Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership
Wilma Brown Employee Director, Staff Side, NHS Fife
Melinda Cuthbert Associate Director of Pharmacy, NHS Lothian
Scott Garden Chief Pharmacist, NHS Fife
Prof Ann Holmes Chief Midwifery Advisor & Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Scottish Government
Jacques Kerr Unscheduled Care Clinical Advisor, Scottish Government
Peter Knight Head of Service, Information Support for Health and Social Care Integration Scotland, Information Services Division ( ISD), NHS National Services Scotland
Tracy MacInnes Associate Chief Health Professions Officer, Scottish Government
Fiona MacKenzie Service Access Manager, Information Services Division ( ISD), NHS National Services Scotland
Dr Martin McKechnie Consultant in Emergency Medicine, NHS Lothian. Former Vice President of RCEM Scotland Board
Dr David Raeside Medical Director, Emergency Care and Medical Specialities, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Claire Ritchie Allied Health Professions ( AHP) Lead for Older People, Scottish Government
Claire Ronald Staff Side, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Anne Thomson Royal College of Nursing Scotland
Andrew Wemyss Service Redesign Manager, Scottish Ambulance Service

Social Care Working Group

Iona Colvin (Chair) Chief Social Work Advisor, Scottish Government
Christina Naismith (Deputy Chair) Head of Strategic Commissioning, Scottish Government
Margaret Anderson Public Representative, NHS 24 Patient Participation Forum
Colin Beck Senior Manager Mental Health, Edinburgh City Council
Wilma Brown Employee Director, Staff Side, NHS Fife
Maggie Dowe Care at Home and Support Lead, Social Work
Susan Kelso Senior Officer, North Lanarkshire Council
Jackie Kerr Head of Operations, Health & Social Care Partnership, Glasgow City Council
Peter Knight Head of Service, Information Support for Health and Social Care Integration Scotland, Information Services Division ( ISD), NHS National Services Scotland
Joanna MacDonald Director of Adult Social Care, NHS Highland
Laura Marchbank Principal Information Analyst, Information Services
Dr Kerry Mathewson General Practitioner, NHS Forth Valley/Clinical Advisor, Unscheduled Care, Scottish Government
Jim McCreanor Community Social Work Manager, North Lanarkshire
Diane McCulloch Head of Community Care, Dundee City Council
Margaret McKeith Project Development Officer, Scottish Care
Suzanne McShane Policy Officer, Chief Officers Group Health and Social Care in Scotland
Claire Ronald Staff Side, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Paula Shiels Senior Nurse Mental Health, NHS 24

Analytical Group Information Services Division

Peter Knight (Chair) Head of Service, Information Support for Health and Social Care Integration Scotland, Information Services Division ( ISD), NHS National Services Scotland
Fiona MacKenzie (Deputy Chair) Service Access Manager, Information Services Division ( ISD), NHS National Services Scotland
Janice Smith Senior Officer, Performance Team, Business Development Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership
Robert Williams Deputy Director Business Intelligence, Scottish Government
Kathy McGregor Principal Information Analyst, Information Services Division ( ISD), NHS National Services Scotland
Laura Fleming Principal Information Analyst, Information Services Division ( ISD), NHS National Services Scotland

Programme Support Scottish Government

Alan Hunter NHS Scotland Director of Performance & Delivery, Lead Director of the Public Holiday Review, Scottish Government
Tracy Slater Review Programme Manager, Scottish Government
Andrew Grierson Review Project Manager, Programme Management Services ( PgMS) Division, NHS National Services Scotland/Scottish Government
Syed Kerbalai Secretariat, Scottish Government
Sarah Simpson Secretariat, Scottish Government
Amy Cuggy Secretariat, Scottish Government

Additional Professional Support

Dr Daniel Beckett Consultant Acute Physician & Speciality Lead for Acute Medicine, NHS Forth Valley
Linda Gregson OBE Deputy Head of Primary Care Division, Scottish Government
Dr John Mitchell Principal Medical Officer Psychiatry, Mental Health and Protection of Rights Division, Scottish Government
Dr Rose Marie Parr Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, Scottish Government
Prof Alison Strath Principal Pharmaceutical Officer, Scottish Government

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