What meetings it has had with NHS board chief executives to discuss contingency and resilience planning in relation to the Omicron variant …

Since the emergence of the Omicron, the Scottish Government has undertaken a series of regular meetings with NHS Chief Executives to discuss contingency and resilience planning. These include meetings that were Chaired by the NHS Scotland Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer as well as regular meetings between health and social care officials and NHS Scotland Chief Executives. The System Response Group meetings also include representations from wider stakeholder interests and Local Government.
I have held regular update meetings to discuss System Pressures to which all Boards are invited. I have also held meetings with COSLA and officials every Monday to receive updates on the Winter Package.
Finally, I held a number of meetings with specific Local Authorities, Health Boards and HSCPs on a one to one basis where the need arose.
These meeting dates are detailed in the following table:
Meeting
Date
Superseded by NRG
(Chair, COO, NHS Scotland)
Healthcare Planning Group
06 Dec 21
Healthcare Planning Group
07 Dec 21
Healthcare Planning Group
08 Dec 21
Healthcare Planning Group
09 Dec 21
Healthcare Planning Group
10 Dec 21
Healthcare Planning Group
15 Dec 21
NRG: Ongoing meeting
(Chair, COO NHS Scotland)

(Moving to once every 2 weeks as of 08 Feb 22)
National Response Group (NRG)
21 Dec 21
National Response Group (NRG)
29 Dec 21
National Response Group (NRG)
05 Jan 22
National Response Group (NRG)
11 Jan 22
National Response Group (NRG)
18 Jan 22
National Response Group (NRG)
25 Jan 22
National Response Group (NRG)
01 Feb 22
National Response Group (NRG)
08 Feb 22
SRG: Ongoing meeting
(Chair, CEO, NHS Scotland and DG HSC)

(Moving to once every 2 weeks as of 03 Feb 22)
System Response Group (SRG)
04 Nov 21
System Response Group (SRG)
11 Nov 21
System Response Group (SRG)
18 Nov 21
System Response Group (SRG)
25 Nov 21
System Response Group (SRG)
02 Dec 21
System Response Group (SRG)
09 Dec 21
System Response Group (SRG)
16 Dec 21
System Response Group (SRG)
23 Dec 21
System Response Group (SRG)
30 Dec 21
System Response Group (SRG)
06 Jan 22
System Response Group (SRG)
13 Jan 22
System Response Group (SRG)
20 Jan 22
System Response Group (SRG)
27 Jan 22
System Response Group (SRG)
03 Feb 22
System Pressures. Regular meeting running on a once or twice weekly basis. Meeting attended by NHS CE’s, Local Authorities, SG Senior Clinicians and COSLA

(Moving to once a week as of 03 Feb 22)
System Pressures
22 Dec 21
System Pressures
29 Dec 21
System Pressures
06 Jan 22
System Pressures
10 Jan 22
System Pressures
13 Jan 22
System Pressures
17 Jan 22
System Pressures
20 Jan 22
System Pressures
24 Jan 22
System Pressures
27 Jan 22
System Pressures
31 Jan 22
System Pressures
03 Feb 22
COSLA / Officials
Winter Package
06 Dec 21
Winter Package
13 Dec 21
Winter Package
20 Dec 21
Winter Package
10 Jan 21
Winter Package
17 Jan 21
Winter Package
24 Jan 21
Winter Package
31 Jan 21
Organisation specific meetings


NHS GGC and Glasgow City Council
24 Nov 21
NHS Fife and Fife Council
01 Dec 21
NHS Lothian and Edinburgh City Council
01 Dec 21
NHS GGC and Glasgow City Council
01 Dec 21
NHS Lanarkshire and NL&SL councils
01 Dec 21
NHS Highland, Highland HSCP and Argyll & Bute Council
02 Dec 21
NHS Ayrshire and Arran and North & South Ayrshire Council
02 Dec 21
NHS Forth Valley, Stirling Council, Falkirk Council, Clackmannanshire Council and Forth Valley HSCP
02 Dec 21
NHS Lanarkshire and NL&SL councils
06 Dec 01
NHS Lothian and Edinburgh City Council
06 Dec 01
NHS GGC and Glasgow City Council
09 Dec 01
NHS Forth Valley, Stirling Council, Falkirk Council, Clackmannanshire Council and Forth Valley HSCP
09 Dec 01
NHS Fife and Fife Council
09 Dec 01
NHS Glasgow, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh City Council and Glasgow City Council
14 Dec 01
NHS Lothian and Edinburgh City Council
15 Dec 01
NHS Ayrshire and Arran