Felicity’s Blog: National Breastfeeding Helpline – our response to the Covid-19 pandemic
During the Covid pandemic this year, the National Breastfeeding Helpline has provided (and continues to do so) a vital service to families, offering evidence based, non-judgmental, unbiased, accessible breastfeeding information […]
#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 […]
#WeArePublicHealth Conference Exhibitors
We are delighted to be joined by our ‘virtual’ exhibitors for our 2020 annual conference #WeArePublicHealth – Building forward for Health and Wellbeing on the 4th and 5th November. Click […]
Marion’s Blog: Safeguarding for health & wellbeing
It is a great opportunity to be involved in the VHS Annual Conference and come together to talk about public health in Scotland. Public health and the part we play, […]
Shereen’s Blog: Responding to the crisis
The pandemic has brought changes to everyone’s lives but the impact has been especially hard on new parents and families in the UK. With the majority of women in the […]
Key Messages: Challenge Poverty Week: Food Insecurity, Poverty and Health
VHS and the Poverty Alliance ran a joint event taking place as part of challenge poverty week events on the 7th October 2020. We discussed how poverty, access to food […]
Taking a human rights approach to recovery from COVID-19
We all know that action to tackle the spread of COVID-19 in Scotland is essential if we are to protect lives but we need to do so in a way […]
Screening Inequalities Fund 2020/21 opens
The Scottish Government has launched its £350,000 Screening Inequalities Fund, designed to support and deliver work on tackling inequalities in access to screening services across Scotland. They are looking for […]
Alan’s Blog: Impossible to Ignore
People with arthritis can’t ignore their pain. Let’s make sure the Government doesn’t either. Lockdown has made living with arthritis harder. The pain of waiting for joint replacement surgery is […]
Inclusion Scotland Social Care Support Survey
On the day of the announcement of new Scottish Government guidance on loosening the lockdown restrictions, Inclusion Scotland published new evidence that disabled Scots shielding from Covid-19 are still not […]
