Public Audit Committee

Agenda: 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take agenda items 3, 4 and 5 in private. 2. General Practice: Progress since the 2018 General Medical Services contract: The Committee will take evidence from— Dr Iain Morrison, Chair, Scottish General Practice Committee, BMA Scotland; Dr Chris Provan, Chair, and Dr Chris Williams, Vice Chair, Royal College of General Practitioners Scotland; and then from— Caroline Lamb, Director-General for Health and Social Care and Chief Executive of NHS Scotland , Tim McDonnell, Director of Primary Care, Susan Gallacher, Deputy Director of General Practice Policy, and Andrew Chapman, Unit Head, General Practice Contact and Operations, Scottish Government. 3. General Practice: Progress since the 2018 General Medical Services contract: The Committee will consider the evidence heard at agenda item 2 and take further evidence from— Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland; Carol Calder, Audit Director, and Eva Thomas-Tudo, Audit Manager, Audit Scotland. 4. General Practice: Progress since the 2018 General Medical Services contract: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard at agenda items 2 and 3 and agree any further action it wishes to take. 5. The 2023/24 audit of Ferguson Marine Port Glasgow (Holdings) Limited: The Committee will consider a revised draft report on the 2023/24 audit of Ferguson Marine Port Glasgow (Holdings) Limited.