The Contaminated Blood – Financial Support- Conclusions and Recommendations Report to Shona Robison MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing, and Sport is published today (17 Dec 2015).
Background
Following the publication of the Penrose Final Report both the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon MSP and Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing, and Sport, Shona Robison MSP made statements in the Scottish Parliament.
It was then agreed that reviewing the financial support arrangements was a top priority. So, Shona Robison MSP set up the Infected Blood: Scottish Financial Support Review Group and asked Ian Welsh (who is the Chair of the Health and Social Care Alliance) to act as an independent Chair.
The Terms of Reference for the group were to look at,
- Principles behind schemes.
- Comparisons to other schemes, UK and abroad.
- Whether there should be a separate Scottish scheme.
- Legal, tax, and benefits issues.
The Group has been tasked with making recommendations by November 2015.
The Group heard a wide range of evidence, including the SIBF Scoping Exercise Report on the impact of the disaster. It also conducted its own consultation exercise. This included summary report of the five regional consultation meetings (in Edinburgh, Inverness, Dundee, Aberdeen, and Glasgow), a questionnaire, one to one conversations, and an All-Scotland meeting in Perth where Draft Proposals FSRG.
Key Documents
Terms of Reference
Draft Proposals – presented in Perth on the 31st October
Summary report of the five regional consultation meetings
The SIBF Scoping Exercise
Minutes of The Group meeting in June 2015
Minutes from The Group meetings in July 2015
Minutes from The Group meeting in August 2015
Minutes from The Group meeting in September 2015
Minutes from the 1st meeting of The Group in October 2015
Minutes from the 2nd meeting of The Group in October 2015
Minutes from The Group meeting in November 2015