Heather’s Blog: Enabling access to screening
Will you join our working group for accessible cancer screenings? Living in Scotland there are lots of things to look forward to as you get older: free bus travel, retirement […]
NHS Health Scotland Blog: Child poverty – it’s just not on
Kerry McKenzie works with NHS Health Scotland and leads a programme of work to tackle child poverty. She talks here about the impact of poverty on children’s health and wellbeing […]
Lindsay’s Blog: Draft Social Security Standards consultation – your chance to contribute!
The right to access independent advocacy is being extended to more people via the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018. The Act says that Scottish Ministers must make independent advocacy services […]
Voluntary Health Scotland Response to the Health and Sport Committee Stage 2 Inquiry into Primary Care
VHS have submitted our response to the Health and Sport Committee Stage 2 Inquiry which asks, what should primary care look like for the next generation? Our vision for the […]
Kiren’s Blog: From Ljubljana and back – a journey to the WHO conference
Approaching the Aerodrom on my last day in Ljubljana I thought about the whirlwind the last three days had been. From losing my luggage, to meeting such inspirational people from […]
Paths for All Blog: Public Health Scotland – an opportunity to shape public health in Scotland for a generation
Paths for All welcome the plans in the consultation which presented a chance to positively influence Scotland’s health for many years into the future. The focus on action on the […]
VHS response to Public Health Scotland Consultation
In our response to the Scottish Government consultation we welcome Public Health Scotland’s (PHS) aim of creating joined up public health leadership to tackle Scotland’s public health challenges and working […]
Hilda’s Blog: Jigsaw Project
Project Background The idea for the Jigsaw project developed from conversations between COPE Scotland and the lead GP for the local Cluster around their experiences of supporting people with mild […]
How Covid19 has Affected Travel and Tourism around the World
The previous year was a year of many firsts, and it would be an understatement to say that the tragic sequence of events disrupted industries all over the world! Who […]
Understanding the Good Food Nation Bill
The Scottish Government have proposed to develop holistic legislation about food, The Good Food Nation Bill which will cover the whole food system from growing, harvesting, processing, marketing, selling, preparing, […]
