Arts Culture Health Wellbeing + Climate

This is an Arts Culture Health and Wellbeing Scotland Event with support from VHS. Many health crises are also environment crises. Obesity and diabetes are directly related to industrial processed […]
Consultation Response: Data Strategy for Health and Social Care

Voluntary Health Scotland has responded to the Scottish Government’s consultation on its Data Strategy for Health and Social Care. Our engagement with the strategy: VHS has undertaken significant engagement and […]
Campaign: A Scotland that Cares

Voluntary Health Scotland is supporting the campaign for a National Outcome to fully value and invest in those experiencing care and all those providing it. To build a fairer and […]
VHS launches survey on the COVID-19 vaccine programme

Vaccine Inequalities: Reflecting on the inclusivity of the COVID-19 vaccine programme and collaboration with the third sector. Deadline Extended: Friday 17th June Voluntary Health Scotland is conducting research to assess […]
Opportunity to build your own information support app

The Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) and Voluntary Health Scotland are seeking up to 6 third sector organisations to pilot use of the national Right Decision Service platform […]
Consultation Response: Draft National Planning Framework 4
Scottish Government Consultation The Scottish Government’s fourth National Planning Framework (NPF4) sets out how their approach to planning and development will help to achieve a net zero, sustainable Scotland by […]
Action urged on underpayment of children’s social care workers
VHS is urging MSPs to ask Ministers to address the pay gap between the adult social care workforce and the children’s social care workforce. An inequity has been created because […]
Key Messages: Data Strategy Health and Social Care
VHS hosted an engagement event with the Scottish Government on the 9th of February to discuss the recently published digital health and care strategy which commits to the development of […]
Key Messages: Members Meeting January 2022
Voluntary Health Scotland members met online to reflect on the year and look at priorities for 2022 Tuesday 25 of January The wide-ranging discussion covered organisations’ individual services and workstreams, […]
Updating the SIGN guidelines for the care of deteriorating patients
The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), part of Healthcare Improvement Scotland, is seeking participants with lived experience to join a multi-disciplinary group that will update the SIGN guideline on care […]