Arts Culture Health and Wellbeing Scotland May & June Events
Arts Culture Health and Wellbeing Scotland hosted 2 events recently, the first on the 19th May titled “The Role of Culture in the Health & Wellbeing of Older People” and the […]
Influencing the equitable delivery of the Covid vaccine
In a new briefing VHS tells the story of how its research has enabled the third sector to influence the policy and practice surrounding the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out in Scotland. […]
Falling Off a Cliff at 65: February and March Round Tables
During 2019 VHS had collaborated with Support in Mind Scotland and Faith in Older People to explore what happens to people aged 65+ with serious mental health conditions (other than […]
VHS launch report ‘Vaccine Inclusion: reducing inequalities one vaccine at a time’
VHS is holding an online event on 24th August 2021 to discuss the findings and recommendations of its report ‘Vaccine Inclusion – Reducing inequalities one Vaccine at a time’. The […]
CPG Health Inequalities: Deep social exclusion: dying whilst homeless in Scotland
The Health Inequalities Cross Party Group met on Tuesday 26th January at 6pm online via Zoom. The meeting was chaired by Group Co-Convenor Donald Cameron MSP. Topic: Deep social exclusion: […]
CPG Health Inequalities: A Human Rights Approach to Inclusion Health
The Health Inequalities CPG met on the 13th October online meeting via Zoom. The AGM took place. The meeting will be chaired by Group Co-Convenor Anas Sarwar MSP. TOPIC: A […]
VHS response to Renewing Scotland’s full potential in a digital world
The coronavirus crisis has demonstrated to health organisations that working digitally is more important than ever before, whether they are in the public, private or third sector. The crisis has […]
Ageing Well: a series of talks with the Open University
Between May 2020 and January 2021 the Open University and VHS ran a joint series of online talks and discussions on the topic of ‘Ageing Well’. Led by Dr Jitka […]
#WeArePublicHealth: Conference Key Messages
On the 4th and 5th of November VHS held our Annual Conference and AGM online for the first time. #WeArePublicHealth : Building Forward for Health & Wellbeing had over 120 […]
#WeArePublicHealth Poster Competition Finalists
Our poster competition is back for 2020! We have heard some amazing stories of how our network responded to Covid-19 to mitigate negative consequences that impacted so many. Here are […]
