Health Inequalities Policy Review
Neil Findlay MSP, Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Well-Being initiated a Health Inequalities Policy Review Commission in May 2014. Chaired by Dr David Conway of the Socialist Health Association, […]
Unequal Lives – children and the early years
On 13 May 2014, Voluntary Health Scotland and Children in Scotland jointly delivered the first seminar in the Unequal Lives, Unjust Deaths series of events, examining health inequalities across the […]
Join our Health Inequalities Project!
Tackling Health Inequalities Together! Policy makers often ask us for evidence to show the impact of the work of the voluntary sector. We know that there is a lot of […]
Tullibody Healthy Living
This month Health Inequalities Volunteer James Evans met with Tracy Gibson the Community Development Worker at Tullibody Healthy Living. This is a voluntary based project who work in partnership with […]
Ministerial Task Force publishes second review of Equally well
The Ministerial Task Force on Health Inequalities published its second review of Equally Well on Thursday 13 March 2014. The first review in 2010 focussed on how well agencies were […]
Innovation in dementia support
This month James Evans, Health Inequalities Volunteer met with Sue Northrop. Sue has personal experience of caring for close family members with dementia and is a member of the North […]
Unequal lives, unjust deaths
Voluntary Health Scotland launched a programme of events to address health inequalities across the life course. Health inequalities are differences in health status and outcomes between different groups of people. People […]
Connecting people: A fairer, healthier Scotland
On 19 and 20 February, Voluntary Health Scotland attended, exhibited and held an event at the 10th annual Gathering. Across the two days, we met many passionate people from across […]
VHS launches new health inequalities postcards
VHS launched a new series of postcards at The Gathering on 19 February 2014. The postcards raise awareness of the work in the voluntary sector to tackle health inequalities, and complemented the […]
Fast Forward Spotlight
This month James Evans, Health Inequalities Volunteer at VHS, met with Alastair MacKinnon Chief Executive of Fast Forward. Founded in 1987, and recently celebrating their 25 anniversary, Fast Forward are […]
