VHS Response to the Draft Culture Strategy for Scotland

VHS have submitted our response to the Scottish Government’s draft culture strategy. You can view our full response here: VHS Response to the Draft Culture Strategy Final In our response we […]
A Connected Scotland Update

The consultation period for the draft Social Isolation and Loneliness strategy, A Connected Scotland ended on 27th April 2018. The Scottish Government received 416 consultation responses, ranging from large national […]
British Red Cross Blog: Maintaining mobility

Imagine you have just had surgery on your hip after a bad fall. You’ve been in hospital recovering and you’ve been told you mustn’t put any weight on your leg. […]
Kate’s blog: Community Link Workers in Scotland Update

Last year VHS published Gold Star Exemplars , a report into third sector approaches to community link working in Scotland. This was commissioned by the Scottish Government in response to the SNP […]
Joint CPG on Health Inequalities and Improving Scotland’s Health: The Right to Health

The Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities jointly hosted a meeting on the 22nd of May with the Cross Party Group on Improving Scotland’s Health 2021 and Beyond to discuss […]
Health Inequalities Cross Party Group AGM: October 2018

The next meeting of the Health Inequalities Cross Party Group will take place on the evening of Tuesday 30th October in the Scottish Parliament in Committee Room 6. This meeting […]
Health Inequalities Cross Party Group AGM: October 2018

The next meeting of the Health Inequalities Cross Party Group will take place on the evening of Tuesday 30th October in the Scottish Parliament in Committee Room 6. This meeting […]
Parliamentary Reception: Health Inequalities Cross Party Group
On the evening of Tuesday 11th December the Health Inequalities Cross Party Group will celebrate its work at a reception in the Scottish Parliament Garden Lobby, sponsored by Donald Cameron MSP, Co-Convenor […]
Parliamentary Reception: Health Inequalities Cross Party Group
On the evening of Tuesday 11th December the Health Inequalities Cross Party Group will celebrate its work at a reception in the Scottish Parliament Garden Lobby, sponsored by Donald Cameron MSP, Co-Convenor […]
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: […]