Meetings with Government

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, senior members of the EAVE II presented and discussed the project's results with a variety of government and health organisations. Find out more about when when, where and who these meetings were with.

Overview

The table below summarises which groups within the Scottish and UK Governments, as well as international organisations, the EAVE II team have attended meetings with and discussed the project's results.

This table was last updated on 9 March 2023.

Summary of EAVE II's meetings with government and health organisations at the Scotland, national and international level.

Government

Group or organisation

Number of meetings attended

Scotland Scottish Government  COVID-19 Advisory Group 17
 

Scottish Government Resilience Room

4
 

Scottish Parliament COVID-19 Recovery Committee

2
UK

COVID-19 Antivirals and Therapeutics Taskforce

3
  Government Office for Science (GO-SCIENCE) 2
  Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) 7
  Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) 2
  Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) 5
  Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling, Operational sub-group (SPI-M-O) 10
International World Health Organisation (WHO) 5
  JCVI Equivalent Bodies  

Meeting minutes

Most of the organisations listed above periodically release records ('minutes') outlining the main points that were discussed within their meetings. Wherever possible, links to these meeting minutes have also been provided.

Scottish Government COVID-19 Advisory Group

The Scottish Government COVID-19 Advisory Group was a time limited expert group that was formed in order to consider in greater depth the scientific and technical concepts and processes that were key to understanding how the COVID-19 pandemic was evolving in Scotland, as well as its potential impacts.

Find out more about the Scottish Government COVID-19 Advisory Group

The meeting minutes for the Scottish Government COVID-19 Advisory Group meetings where EAVE II results were discussed are listed below.

Access the full list of meeting minutes from the Scottish Government COVID-19 Advisory Group meetings

Scottish Parliament COVID-19 Recovery Committee 

The Scottish Government COVID-19 Recovery committee was established in June 2021. It focusses on:

  • the Scottish Government’s response to COVID-19 and actions to recover from the pandemic
  • Government legislation introduced in response to the pandemic
  • legislation or policies aiming to help Scotland recover from the pandemic
  • how Government departments work together to respond and recover from the pandemic

Senior members of the EAVE II team have contributed and presented evidence to the committee as part of their long COVID inquiry and investigations into the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.

Find out more about the Scottish Government COVID-19 Recovery Committee

Find out more about the committee's long COVID inquiry

Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI)

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) is an independent expert committee which advises UK health departments on immunisation.

At the request of the JCVI, the EAVE II team in collaboration with their partners in England, Northern Ireland and Wales have conducted several UK-wide analyses on the uptake, effectiveness, safety and waning of the COVID-19 vaccines.

Find out more about the JCVI

Minutes from the JCVI's COVID meetings are made publicly available several months after they are held. Further documents will be released in due course.

Access all JCVI meeting minutes