Tier 2 – (Committee)
- Chair (senior representative from an NHSS Board)
- Four public representatives
- Two representatives from the research community
- Three Caldicott Guardians from NHSS Boards, other than PHS or NHS NSS
- Caldicott Guardian for PHS or their delegated representative
- Senior representatives of each of the national data asset holders:
- Senior representative of NHS NSS and CHIAG
- Senior representative of NES Digital Services (NDS)
- Senior representative of NRS
- Data linkage specialist (currently head of PHS eDRIS)
- Scottish Government IG Policy Lead;
- Senior social care representative
- The current members of the Tier 2 committee are:
| Dr George Fernie | Interim Chair | Senior Medical Reviewer for Healthcare Improvement Scotland |
| Dr Tara Shivaji | PHS Caldicott Guardian representative | Consultant in Public Health in PHS |
| Dr Arun Chopra | Caldicott Guardian representative | Medical Director for Mental Welfare Commission |
| Dr Mark McGregor | Caldicott Guardian representative | Medical Director for NHS GJNH |
| Dr Seshadri Vasan | Caldicott Guardian representative | R&D Director NHS Grampian |
| Kenneth McLean | Public Representative | Public partner with Healthcare Improvement Scotland |
| Martin Walsh | Public Representative | Data Analyst with Virgin Money |
| Chioma Dibia | Public Representative | PhD student in medical law and ethics |
| Dr Stacey Noble | Public Representative | Lecturer in finance |
| Dr David Felix | NES (Digital) representative | NES Caldicott Guardian |
| Carole Morris | Expert on Data Linkage | Head of Service for PHS eDRIS |
| Prof Alison McCallum | Research Representative | Professor of Public Health Research, University of Edinburgh |
| Prof Colin McCowan | Research Representative | Professor Health Data Science, University of St. Andrews |
| Dr Lindsey Ross | CHIAG representative | General Practitioner NHS Highland |
| Julie Ramsay | NRS representative | Head of Demographic Statistics |
| Lisa Hill | Scottish Government representative | Head of Governance and Technical Assurance, Scottish Government eHealth |
Tier 2 committees are convened 5 times per year by the panel Chair.
Each agenda includes any applications referred from Tier 2 colleagues out of committee.
Tier 2 full committee consider referred applications and reach a determination – approved (with or without conditions) or not approved – the determination of the committee is final.
Applicants may be asked to attend the HSC-PBPP Tier 2 committee at which their application is discussed. Applicants will be given the opportunity to submit additional supporting material in such an eventuality and should do so in advance of the Tier 2 committee in question.
For more details , see HSC-PBPP Terms of Reference V2.6 sections 10 to 17 and 28 to 30
Tier 2 (Out of Committee)
A sub group of this forms the tier 2 Out of Committee for scrutiny of applications referred from Tier 1.
- Chair (senior representative from an NHSS Board)
- Four public representatives
- Two representatives from the research community
- Three Caldicott Guardians from NHSS Boards, other than PHS or NHS NSS
- Caldicott Guardian for PHS or their delegated representative
- Senior representatives of each of the national data asset holders:
- Senior representative of NHS NSS and CHIAG
- Senior representative of NES Digital Services (NDS)
- Senior representative of NRS
- Data linkage specialists
The group is issued with the application to be reviewed, and the evidence of the deliberations of the Tier 1 panel.
Members conduct independent review of the application and evidence, taking account of the agreed proportionate governance criteria, the panel’s guiding principles, and other relevant considerations.
They report their conclusions independently to the panel manager within the agreed timescale– that the application is approved (with or without conditions), referred to the Tier 2 full committee, or cannot be approved.
For more details , see HSC-PBPP Terms of Reference V2.6
sections 7 to 11 and 22 to 30
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