The Health Committee gets its budget scrutiny underway with various witnesses looking at health and social care partnerships and then at the NHS
Topical questions features queries about support for families of children who died at Smyllum Park orphanage in Lanark and then on congestion on the approaches to the Queensferry Crossing.
Brexit Minister Mike Russell gives a statement on the EU Withdrawal Bill
Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing outlines his plans to stabilise future CAP payments
Finance Secretary Derek Mackay will give his response to the Barclay review
Justice Secretary Michael Matheson gives a ministerial statement on policing, after Chief Constable Phil Gormley stood aside
Image source, bbcSharon Wearing from CIPFA
Sharon Wearing from the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) says direct funding should be looked at and convoluted funding should be avoided.
Councillor Peter Johnston
Sharon Wearing from CIPFA IJB Chief Finance Officer Section says "we are working with two sources of funding" and that the funding should come in via one ledger.
Ms Wearing says there should be one direct funding stream.
Councillor Peter Johnston from COSLA says that is not supported by local government because it works hard with partners.
Mr Johnston says there are issues about the timescales of budgets because local government and health boards prepare their budget at different times.
He says it would be more helpful if these were aligned.
Julie Murray from East Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership says funding comes into the IJB and loses its identity.
Ms Murray says her anxiety is that if the decision was taken to invest less in social work and invest more in physiotherapy she is not sure the council would accept that, although she has no evidence for that.
She says: "It does not feel as if the funding is losing its identity in the way that was intended."
Councillor Peter Johnston from COSLA says the major issues in the 2017/18 budget are the questions around whether it is sufficient for the services.
"The health and social care budget is suffering," he says.
"Standing still is not good enough," he adds.
Mr Johnston says there are major concerns about the budget.
Judith Proctor from Aberdeen City Health and Social Care Partnership says finding savings has been significantly challenging while trying to transform the services.
Ms Proctor says the full extent of the challenges being faced are not fully known.
Julie Murray from East Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership syas there have been significant savings to be made.
Committee convener Neil Findlay
Committee convener Neil Findlay says the COSLA paper is "robust" and very good.
Mr Findlay asks if services are being impacted by local government budget cuts.
Sharon Wearing from CIPFA IJB Chief Finance Officer Section says there has been reduction in services.
Ms Wearing says there was a "flat cash settlement" on the health side and on the local government side it was difficult to make up the money that had been cut.
She says a lot of work has gone into managing the budgets and to find more funding and savings.
Image source, bbcCouncillor Peter Johnston from COSLA
Councillor Peter Johnston from COSLA says the health and social care budget cannot be looked at in isolation.
Mr Johnston say simply protecting the NHS while cutting local government budgets is counterproductive.
He says the core budget must be sufficient.
Sharon Wearing from CIPFA IJB Chief Finance Officer Section says there are various needs within the schemes.
Ms Wearing says one partnership has required a loan from the local authority.
"It is a mixed picture across Scotland," she says.
Julie Murray from East Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership says there have been management savings made through integration since early on.
Ms Murray says reserves are being used to be on budget for 2017-18.
She says: "The low hanging fruit is gone."
Ms Murray says she is "very concerned about future years" and the partnership is "managing by the skin of our teeth at the moment".
Committee convener Neil Findlay asks the witnesses to reflect budget situations that partnerships find themselves in.
Judith Proctor from Aberdeen City Health and Social Care Partnership says it is a "varied picture" and that the partnerships started from different places.
Ms Procter says Aberdeen City Health and Social Care Partnership managed a balanced budget.
She says it is a difficult position that it finds itself in this year.
Image source, ThinkstockThe Health Committee, external begins taking evidence on the draft budget 2018-19 from:
MSPs will begin by considering the following negative instrument:
The National Health Service (Free Prescriptions and Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (SSI 2017/231)
These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Free Prescriptions and Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (“the 2011 Regulations”).
Image source, Getty ImagesThe 2011 Regulations provide that where a pharmacist provides pharmaceutical services to a patient who presents an English prescription form, that pharmacist must make and recover from the patient the charges specified in the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 2015 (“the 2015 Regulations”) as at a specified date, unless certain exemptions apply.
Image source, bbcHealth Committee convener Neil Findlay
Health Committee convener Neil Findlay gets proceedings underway.
The Health Committee, external will shortly begin its scrutiny of the draft budget 2018-19.
In the first evidence session, MSPs will quiz:
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Good morning and welcome to Holyrood Live on 12 September 2017.
The Health Committee gets its budget scrutiny underway with a raft of witnesses looking at health and social care partnerships and then at the NHS.
Image source, ThinkstockIn the afternoon, after topical questions there will be a series of ministerial statements.
First up Brexit Minister Mike Russell will give a statement on the EU Withdrawal Bill.
Image source, ThinkstockThen Fergus Ewing, the rural economy minister, will update the parliament on the Common Agricultural Policy payments.
Finally Finance Secretary Derek Mackay will give the government's response to the Barclay Review of Non-Domestic Rates.
After decision time, SNP MSP Kate Forbes will lead a member’s debate entitled Serve Scotland, looking at church based community groups.