The Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities met on Wednesday 4th of October 2023 via zoom. This meeting was chaired by co-convenor Emma Harper MSP and part of the meeting comprised of the AGM.
The topic for the meeting was “A decent and dignified life”- Challenge Poverty Week
The speakers at the meeting were:
- Dr Laura Robertson, Senior Research Officer, The Poverty Alliance: Scottish Minimum Income Guarantee. View the PowerPoint Presentation here.
- Dr Naomi Richards, Senior Lecturer in Social Science at University of Glasgow: Dying in the Margins in conjunction with Marie Curie. See useful links here: University of Glasgow research- Dying in the Margins and BBC Coverage
You can read the draft minutes of this meeting here.
The next meeting will be held on 21st February 2024. More details on this to follow.
Please contact Lauren Blair with any questions on the CPG.