A thanksgiving service for former Scottish health secretary Jeane Freeman is taking place this afternoon at the University of Glasgow. Ms Freeman died on 7 February at the age of 72 after being diagnosed with cancer in January.
Ms Freeman served as MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley from 2016 to 2021 and was health secretary from 2018 to 2021. She was a former nurse before entering politics.
The service, held in the university's Bute Hall, follows a private cremation and will be livestreamed online. Tributes were paid to Ms Freeman during a motion of condolence at the Scottish Parliament earlier this week.
Ms Freeman began her career as a senior civil servant in the Scottish Parliament and Executive, later becoming a special adviser to then First Minister Jack McConnell. After campaigning with Women for Independence in the 2014 referendum, she joined the SNP and was elected as an MSP in 2016. She served as minister for social security, establishing a new social security service for Scotland, and led Scotland's response to the Covid pandemic as health secretary until her retirement in 2021.
