Following February’s VHS Sounding Board on the Public Health Review, we have now submitted our response to the Review Engagement Paper. The key points made in our response are:
- In order to tackle (health) inequalities in Scotland, public health needs to be understood as a joint endeavour between the public and voluntary sectors
- However, current structures are perceived to be inadequate to harness this joint endeavour
- There is a disconnect between the formal Public Health endeavour and the contribution/offer of the third sector
- This can be seen in the current understanding of the core public health workforce, which ostensibly excludes those outside the public sector.
Public Health Review Engagement Paper VHS Response 12 March 2015 Final
