Tier 2 consists of the full committee.

A sub group of this forms the tier 2 Out of Committee for scrutiny of applications referred from Tier 1.

Tier 2   (Out of 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 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 V2.4

sections 7 to 11 and 22 to 30 

Tier 2 –   (Full 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 eDRIS)
• Scottish Government IG Policy Lead;
• Senior social care representative

• The current members of the Tier 2 committee are:

Dr Lorna Ramsay	Interim Chair	Medical Director of NHS NSS
Dr Tara Shivaji	PHS Caldicott Guardian representative	Consultant in Public Health in PHS
Dr George Fernie	Caldicott Guardian for HIS	Senior Medical Reviewer
Dr Mark McGregor	Caldicott Guardian for NHS GJNH	Caldicott Guardian for NHS GJNH
Vacant	Caldicott Guardian
Kenneth McLean	Public Representative	Public partner with Healthcare Improvement Scotland
Martin Walsh	Public Representative	Data Analyst with Virgin Money
Vacant	Public Representative
Vacant	Public Representative
Dr David Felix	NES (Digital) representative	NES Caldicott Guardian
Carole Morris	Expert on Data Linkage	Head of Service for 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
Martin Bell	NSS and CHIAG representative	Director of P&CFS, NHS NSS
Alan Ferrier	NRS representative	Head of Demographic Statistics
Penni Rocks	Scottish Government representative	Head of Governance and Technical Assurance, Scottish Government eHealth

 

Tier 2 full 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 full 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 full committee in question.

For more details , see HSC-PBPP Terms of Reference V2.4 sections 10 to 17 and 28 to 30

Why does HSC-PBPP exist

Who are PBPP and what do they do

Tier 1 Scrutiny

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