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Written Question · S2W-21034 · Session 2

Further to the answer to question S2W-20483 by Mr Andy Kerr on 17 November 2005, whether it will provide a list of the members of the Minis…

Answered Asked by Trish Godman Lab Lodged 23 Nov 2005

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-20483 by Mr Andy Kerr on 17 November 2005, whether it will provide a list of the members of the Ministerial Healthcare Associated Infection Task Force and their officially appointed specialist advisers, showing (a) name, (b) occupation and (c) places of employment.

The answer

Answered by Andy Kerr on 7 Dec 2005 · 14 days after it was lodged, on time

The membership of the Ministerial Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI) Task Force is detailed in the following table. The HAI Task Force has no officially appointed specialist advisors.
Name
| Occupation
| Place of Employment

Dr David Steel
| Chief Executive
| NHS Quality Improvement Scotland

Mr Tim Brett
| Director
| Health Protection Scotland

Susan Brimelow
| Director of Healthcare Regulation
| Care Commission

Mr John Gallacher
| Joint Secretary
| Scottish Partnership Forum

Mrs Liz Gillies
| Director of HAI Initiative
| NHS Education for Scotland

Mr John Glennie
| Chief Executive
| Borders NHS Board

Dr Mary Hanson
| Microbiologist
| Lothian University Hospitals NHS Trust

Mr Robert Howe
| Head of Environmental Services
| South Lanarkshire Council

Mr Paul Kingsmore
| Chief Executive
| The Property and Environment Forum Executive

Mr Adrian Lucas
| Chief Executive
| Scottish Ambulance Service

Mrs Audrey Mackenzie
| Deputy to Susan Brimelow/Professional Adviser
| Care Commission

Mrs Maggie McCowan
| Senior Manager Infection Control
| Infection Control Nurses’ Association (Scotland)

Mr Robert Masterton
| Medical Director
| Ayrshire and Arran Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Dr Ken Oates
| Consultant in Public Health Medicine
| Highland NHS Board

Mr Robert Peat
| General Manager
| Eastern Glasgow LHCC

Mr Tom Reilly
| Public Involvement Representative
| Member of the public

Mrs Marjory Russell
| Public Involvement Representative
| Member of the public

Dr Charles Saunders
| Consultant in Public Health Medicine
| Fife NHS Board

Mr Paul Wilson
| Director of Nursing
| Lanarkshire Acute Hospitals

Mr Alistair Brown
| Head of Performance Management Division
| Scottish Executive Health Department

Dr Harry Burns
| Chief Medical Officer
| Scottish Executive Health Department

Dr Peter Christie
| Senior Medical Officer
| Scottish Executive Health Department

Dr Michael Cornbleet
| Senior Medical Officer
| Scottish Executive Health Department

Professor Peter Donnelly
| Deputy Chief Medical Officer
| Scottish Executive Health Department

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-21034 by reference.