Rob’s blog: Health Policy Officers Network gets underway
Recently, the Queens Nursing Institute Scotland and VHS agreed there was potential for a networking group of policy officers based in health. Working in smaller organisations can be difficult, in terms of limited […]
Catherine’s blog – some parting words…
Today marks my final day with VHS and, although my time here has been relatively brief, a lot has happened in the past 8 months in health policy world and […]
Catherine’s blog – Realistic medicine: I thought the doctor(s) knew best too…
“Doctors generally choose less treatment for themselves than they provide for their patients” That’s what Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Catherine Calderwood highlighted to delegates at the final plenary of the NHS Scotland Event […]
Claire’s Blog – Measuring the Success of the Government’s Health Debate
Cabinet Secretary for Health Shona Robison led the Scottish Government’s Parliamentary debate on health on Tuesday 7th June. VHS went along to the public gallery to listen, mainly to hear […]
Katie’s blog: Making the choice to eradicate health inequalities
Inequality is a moral issue, Martyn Evans, Chief Executive at the Carnegie UK Trust, told those assembled at VHS’s and Open University’s joint Understanding the Gap conference in Stirling on […]
Post Election Agenda for Health Event: Key Messages Report
With the dust settled following the results of the 2016 Scottish elections, VHS brought together over 50 voluntary health organisations to debate what lies ahead for Scotland’s future health. The […]
Catherine’s Blog: Purple Poncho Players steal the show at the Alliance Annual Conference 2016
A welcome alternative from a full day’s powerpoint marathon, kudos goes to the Alliance for mixing up the usual conference format and opening the show with some hard-hitting drama. With no […]
Eric’s blog: Building an Alliance to Tackle Overweight and Obesity in Scotland
On 22nd April 2016 representatives from NHS Boards, NHS Health Scotland, medical professions, networks, the voluntary and community sector, further education institutions and government agencies met at the Royal College […]
Catherine’s Blog – Prevention: Easier Said than Done
It’s the buzz word, the in-thing to say when talking about healthcare reform, the great golden ticket to a healthier Scotland. But is it a case of all talk and […]
Angie’s Blog: Seeking Catalysts for Change
Building on the success of the Catalysts for Change projects in 2015, QNIS is keen to fund another series of projects looking at the broad area of reducing health inequalities. […]
