Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 3 and 4 in private. 2. The 2016/17 audit of NHS Tayside: The Committee will take evidence on the Auditor General for Scotland's report from— Professor Sir Lewis Ritchie, Chair, NHS Tayside Assurance and Advisory Group; Caroline Lamb, Chief Executive, NHS Education for Scotland and Chair, Transformation Support Team NHS Tayside; Alan Gray, Director of Finance, NHS Grampian; and then from— Paul Gray, Director-General Health & Social Care, Scottish Government and Chief Executive, NHS Scotland; Gordon Wales, Chief Financial Officer, Scottish Government; Professor John Connell Professor, Chair of the Board, and Lesley McLay, Chief Executive, NHS Tayside. 3. The 2016/17 audit of NHS Tayside: The Committee will consider the evidence heard at agenda item 2 and take further evidence from— Caroline Gardner, Auditor General for Scotland; Fiona Mitchell-Knight, Assistant Director of Audit, Claire Sweeney, Associate Director, and Bruce Crosbie, Senior Audit Manager, Audit Scotland. 4. Work programme: The Committee will consider its approach to its future scrutiny of Early Learning and Childcare and the Scotland Act 2016: Audit and Accountability Arrangements.