Safer, swifter, solutions: Our Annual Review 2025

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Four people standing before a screen at the Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) annual review. Left to right - Robbie Pearson, Chief Executive; Neil Gray, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social care; Evelyn McPhail, Chairman ;and Christine McLaughlin, Chief Operating Officer & Deputy Chief Executive, NHS Scotland , DG Health and Social Care

Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Neil Gray MSP praised Healthcare Improvement Scotland for leading improvements to health and care across the country.


Mr Gray joined us for the organisation’s Annual Review, where he heard first-hand about our work.

The event featured sessions covering:

  • Clinical and Care Staff Forum
  • Partnership Forum
  • Public, Patient and Service Users
  • A public session

The public session gave stakeholders the opportunity to hear about our work and ask questions.

Quote / Testimonial:

“It’s been a remarkable day and I’m very grateful to everybody that’s organised the Annual Review session.”

Neil Gray, MSP
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care

The Cabinet Secretary said: “The day served to illustrate the breadth and the depth of the involvement that Healthcare Improvement Scotland has, from providing what people see in the media, but also to providing the support to teams and clinicians up and down the country.”

Hear more about what the Cabinet Secretary had to say in this short video on Vimeo.

Our chief executive Robbie Pearson, who had a private working lunch with the Cabinet Secretary, was delighted by the success of the Annual Review.

He added: “Our annual review demonstrated everything that’s good about Healthcare Improvement Scotland and our achievements over a busy year. With considerable pride, I was able to share that with the Cabinet Secretary. He was absolutely delighted.”

If you couldn’t join our Annual Review, you can watch the public session in full on Vimeo.

We also created a short video (view on Vimeo) and an infographic highlighting our achievements.