FOI/202400400148 · FOI · partially withheld
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) meetings: FOI release
Information requested
A list of meetings from 2021 - present, the Cabinet Secretary for Health or any Health Minister attended where ADHD was discussed, and can you advise who these meetings were with.
A list any meetings from 2023-present attended by the Cabinet Secretary for Health, or any Health Minister where the subject of ADHD medication shortages were discussed, and can you advise who these meetings were with.
For the purposes of this request the timeframe we have considered is between 1 January 2021 and 20 February 2024.
Response
The answer to your question is listed in the table below.
Date of meeting Minister Organisation or Individual Subject 07/11/2022 Kevin Stewart MSP Marion McLaughlin, Autism Understanding Scotland Autism and ADHD 12/09/2022 Kevin Stewart MSP Billy Alexander, Chief Executive Officer Autism & Neurodiversity North Scotland Autism support, General mental health and ADHD 17/08/2021 Kevin Stewart MSP Daniel Johnson, MSP Edinburgh Southern ADHD Diagnostic Pathways and Neurodiversity 27/09/2023 Michael Matheson MSP Daniel Johnson, MSP Edinburgh Southern GP practices and Access to ADHD diagnosis 29/08/2023 Maree Todd MSP Marion McLaughlin, Autism Understanding Scotland Autism and ADHD 17/01/2024 Maree Todd MSP Lizzie McCabe, Chair of STAND. Stronger Together for Autisms and Neurodivergence Empowerment Workshop - Edinburgh Session Learning and Disabilities' bill, Autism and ADHD
You may also wish to note that a general list of Ministerial meetings is available on the ScottishGovernment website at Ministerial engagements, travel and gifts - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) some of the information you have requested is available from this site.
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You should also note that an exemption under section 27(1) of FOISA ( information intended for future publication) applies to this information as the Scottish Government has only published up to October 2023. We intend to publish the information for November and December by the end of March, and January and February 2024 by the end of May 2024 .
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Detected exemption language
Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do nothave to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. You should also note that an exemption under section 27(1) of FOISA ( information intended for future publication) applies to this information as the Scottish Government has only published up to October 2023.
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