VHS and Brian Whittle MSP hosted an evening reception in the Garden Lobby of the Scottish Parliament to celebrate the work of the Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities. Our guest speaker was Dr Peter Cawston, Deep End GP.
We were delighted to be joined by so many on the evening and to have member organisations host stalls at the reception:
- Obesity Action Scotland
- Stroke Association
- University of Glasgow (MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit)
- Non-Communicable Diseases Alliance Scotland (British Heart Foundation Scotland, Alcohol Focus Scotland, ASH Scotland, Obesity Action Scotland, Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP), Asthma and Lung UK Scotland, Cancer Research UK, Diabetes Scotland and Stroke Association)
- Family Fund
- Terrance Higgins Trust
- Kidney Research UK
- Voluntary Health Scotland
Dr Peter Cawston ended the evening with a poem co-authored with Leanne McBride:
Nae mair talkin.
You keep talkin
aboot us
in jaggy words
we don’t understand.
We keep dyin
while you keep talkin.
Stop talkin
and listen.
Then dae what we ask.
Stop talkin
as if you knew better.
It’s us that keeps payin
wi oor loved wans
and wur lives.
A selection of the photos of the evening can be found below:
