CPG Health Inequalities: Active, Healthy and Creative Children in Scotland
The Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities met on Tuesday 1 February at 12.30 online via Zoom with the meeting chaired by Brian Whittle MSP. Meeting topic: Active approaches to […]
CPG Health Inequalities: Responses to the inverse care law in Scotland
The Health Inequalities Cross Party Group met on Monday 6th December at 6pm online via Zoom. The meeting was chaired by Group Co-Convenor Paul O’Kane MSP. Topic: Responses to the […]
VHS AGM & Annual Lecture 2021
VHS welcomed members and guests to our 17th AGM and Annual Lecture on the 25th November 2021. The meeting chaired by VHS Chair Rob Murray, Chief Executive of Cancer Support […]
Health at the Heart of Communities: what’s love got to do with it?
Delegates to our Annual Conference on 6th October 2021 have given us some fantastic feedback which we’d like to share more widely. Our conference theme was Health at the Heart […]
Health at the Heart of Communities: Annual Conference Key Messages
VHS hosted our annual conference of 2021 online on the 6th October. We were delighted to be joined by so many attendees from across sectors and across Scotland to discuss […]
Grant’s Blog: Years of healthy life lost in Scotland’s communities
At Public Health Scotland (PHS) we want to see everyone live long and healthy lives. To work towards achieving this, we need a wide-ranging picture of what causes people in […]
Bella’s Blog: Intergenerational approaches make a real difference
Generations Working Together (GWT) the centre for excellence in in intergenerational (IG) work in Scotland places emphasis on the ‘real’ difference that IG work makes to health and wellbeing of […]
VHS Annual Conference Poster Finalists!
This year our 2021 Poster Competition Theme is: Reaching and serving those who are missing, marginalised or overlooked in health We invite proposals from third sector organisations for digital posters […]
Jonathan’s Blog: Scotland’s Coalition for Healthier Pregnancies, Better Lives
Why should a VHS member become a partner in Scotland’s Coalition for Healthier Pregnancies, Better Lives? It would be easy to ignore or dismiss the invitation from the Queen’s Nursing Institute […]
Maisie’s Blog: Discover Digital: the digital landscape and the seldom heard
Discover Digital is a project to raise awareness of the digital tools in health and social care. As part of this we have given funding to seven different organisations. The […]
