Consultation Response: Health Inequalities Inquiry
Health, Social Care & Sport Committee Inquiry on Health Inequalities The committee is undertaking an inquiry on health inequalities covering: progress towards tackling health inequalities in Scotland since 2015 any […]
Consultation Response: Draft National Planning Framework 4
Scottish Government Consultation The Scottish Government’s fourth National Planning Framework (NPF4) sets out how their approach to planning and development will help to achieve a net zero, sustainable Scotland by […]
HPON Parliamentary Awareness Event

Thursday 31 March at 11:00-12:00. The Scottish Parliament’s Participation & Communities Team is organising an online Parliamentary Awareness Event for the Health Policy Officers Network (HPON) on Thursday 31 March […]
Health Policy Officers Network Discuss NPF4

Health Policy Officer Network meeting on NPF4 18 January 2022 Members of the network met to discuss the Scottish Government’s consultation on the draft National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4) and […]
Key Messages: Members Meeting January 2022
Voluntary Health Scotland members met online to reflect on the year and look at priorities for 2022 Tuesday 25 of January The wide-ranging discussion covered organisations’ individual services and workstreams, […]
NPF4, what’s health got to do with it?
I think it’s fair to say that analysing a national planning framework is quite a daunting prospect for many of us working in the health and social care sector. Planning […]
Updating the SIGN guidelines for the care of deteriorating patients
The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), part of Healthcare Improvement Scotland, is seeking participants with lived experience to join a multi-disciplinary group that will update the SIGN guideline on care […]
Consultation Response: Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill
The Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs, Islands & Natural Environment (RAINE) Committee is leading the scrutiny of the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill. The Bill requires the Scottish Government and relevant […]
Scottish Government Budget 2022-23

Kimberley explores the key commitments in the Scottish Government’s Budget for 2022-23 Kate Forbes set out the Scottish Government’s Budget for 2022-23 on Thursday 9 December in Parliament. This was […]
Kiren’s Blog: Loneliness & social isolation in the time of COVID-19

We invited Kiren Zubairi, former VHS Policy Engagement Officer, to write a guest blog reflecting on the three year anniversary of the Zubairi Report: the lived experience of loneliness and […]