Agenda - Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland

Find the agenda for our upcoming annual conference, Our Voices Matter, on 30 April 2025.

09:00	Arrivals and networking
09:45	Opening – Pennie Taylor, Conference Chair, health and social care specialist
09:50	ALLIANCE AGM
10:00	Welcome and introductions – Pennie Taylor, Conference Chair, health and social care specialist
10:05	Keynote speaker – Your voice matters: Lived experience at the heart of health and social care Neil Gray, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
10:30	Poetry reading – Nuala Watt
10:45	Panel discussion – Your experience matters: Re-imagining the future of health and social care How do we ensure human rights, equality, and lived experience are at the forefront of health and social care reform in Scotland? Hear from experts in the field about some of the key challenges facing health and social care and what the future could look like. Jane-Claire Judson, Chief Executive, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland Joanna MacDonald, Interim Chief Officer, Clackmannanshire & Stirling HSCP Margaret Moncrieff, IJB Lived Experience Representative for South Lanarkshire Shabir Beg OBE, Chairman and Founder, Saltire and Alam
11:35	Break
11:55	Workshops – Find out more about our workshops
12:45	Lunch
13:35	Workshops – Find out more about our workshops
14:30	Break
14:50	Keynote speaker and questions – Your health matters: Building a fairer society Professor Sir Michael Marmot
15:40	Creative performance – Every Voice Community Choir, Alzheimer Scotland
15:55	Closing remarks – Pennie Taylor, Conference Chair, health and social care specialist
16:00	End of day