Our National Advisory and Advocacy Group (NAAG)

This page gives information on our National Advisory and Advocacy Group members, as well as offering downloads of minutes from their meetings.

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Mission and key objectives of the NAAG
National Advisory and Advocacy Group members
Minutes from National Advisory and Advocacy Group Meetings

Mission and key objectives of the NAAG

The mission of our National Advisory and Advocacy Group is to be the staunchest of advocates for Healthy Working Lives, ensuring collective action and commitment to the agenda among key stakeholders.

The key objectives for the NAAG are:

agreeing three yearly partnership-based Strategic Business Plans for the delivery of Healthy Working Lives
ensuring that the delivery plans and subsequent activities of the Scottish Centre for Healthy Working Lives reflect the Strategic Business Plan for Healthy Working Lives and the needs of key external stakeholders and customers
advising and facilitating the work of executive staff of the Centre
overseeing and upward reporting the collective performance of the partners against ambitions and collective actions articulated in the Strategic Business Plan
contributing to the achievement of reserved targets by partner organisations
acting as advocates and ambassadors for Healthy Working Lives and securing the active involvement of their respective agencies and stakeholders in the delivery of the Healthy Working Lives strategy.

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National Advisory and Advocacy Group members

Our National Advisory and Advocacy Group members bring a broad range of skills and expertise, and include representatives of Scottish businesses large and small, the NHS, trades unions, local authorities and the voluntary sector.

Chairman: Dr Andrew Cubie, CBE

Steve Bell, Strategic Director, Scottish Centre for Healthy Working Lives

Dr Ewan Macdonald, Director – SALUS Occupational Health and Safety

Mr Graham Robertson, Chief Executive, NHS Health Scotland

Mr Iain McMillan, CBE, Chairman, Confederation of British Industry (CBI)

Mr Ian Tasker, Assistant Secretary – Health and Safety, Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC)

Mr Garrick Smyth, Policy Manager – Health and Social Care, CoSLA

Mr Alastair Macdonald, Customer Service Director, Jobcentre Plus Office Scotland

Margaret Burns, Chair – NHS Health Scotland Board

Ms Pam Whittle, Director of Health Improvement, Scottish Government

Mr Rory MacKail, Vice-Convenor, Federation of Small Businesses

Dame Carol Black, National Director, Health, Work and Wellbeing

Mr Paul Stollard, Director, Health and Safety Executive Scotland

Mr Tom Bell, Chief Executive, The Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland

Mr John Phillips, Managing Director, People and Organisation Development, Scottish Enterprise

Ms Helen Tyrrell, Vice Convenor, Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO)

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Minutes from National Advisory and Advocacy Group Meetings

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