CPG on Health Inequalities: Fuel Poverty
The Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities met on 3rd May 2018 to discuss the relationship between fuel poverty and health inequalities. The meeting was chaired by Donald Cameron MSP and saw presentations from: […]
A Weighty Issue: Understanding and Action on Health and Obesity Graphic
The following infographic reflects the key messages from our event A Weighty Issue: Understanding and Action on Health and Obesity at the 2018 Gathering in February. You can also read the […]
CPG on Health Inequalities: Health and Social Care Standards 25th January 2018
The Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities met on 25th January 2018 to consider the Health and Social Care Standards 2017 and health inequalities. Dr Fiona Wardell, Team Lead for the […]
CPG on Health Inequalities: Culture and Health 7th December 2017
The Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities met on 7th December 2017 to discuss culture, arts and health. Read the Minutes During 2017 and 2018 the Scottish Government is working on Developing A Culture […]
Key Messages: A weighty issue: Understanding and Action on Obesity and Health
VHS hosted a collaborative learning event at The Gathering in Glasgow, supported by the NHS Health Scotland Inequalities Learning Collaborative. Its aim was to foster understanding and action on obesity […]
Conference Key Messages: VHS Annual Conference 2017- Get Real
Our Annual Conference, ‘Get Real: Real People, Real Communities, Real Health’, took place on the 16th November 2017 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow. The aim of our annual […]
Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities AGM 26 October 2017
The Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities met on 26th October 2017 for its first AGM this Parliamentary session. VHS have produced a summary of the meetings from 2016-2017- CPG Health Inequalities […]
Conference Key Messages: Volunteering the Golden Thread in Health
On 14th of September VHS held a conference, ‘Volunteering the Golden Thread in Health’, which brought together over 120 delegates to discuss volunteering by third sector organisations in an NHS setting. The […]
Key Messages: Gold Star Exemplars: Third sector approaches to Community Link Working across Scotland
A report setting out the extensive and varied nature of third sector approaches to community link working across Scotland was launched by VHS on 27th June 2017 at a well […]
Key Messages: Stirling Mental Health and Social Support Seminar
Loneliness and social isolation, funding challenges and partnership opportunities were to the fore of discussion at our workshop on mental health and social support in Stirling. Between November 2016 and […]
