Why should a VHS member become a partner in Scotland’s Coalition for Healthier Pregnancies, Better Lives? It would be easy to ignore or dismiss the invitation from the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland to join this emerging coalition. After all, your organisation’s ‘to do’ list is already full. … [Read more...] about Jonathan’s Blog: Scotland’s Coalition for Healthier Pregnancies, Better Lives

Discover Digital is a project to raise awareness of the digital tools in health and social care. As part of this we have given funding to seven different organisations. The organisations are engaging with seldom heard groups on how they could be better supported and empowered to benefit from what … [Read more...] about Maisie’s Blog: Discover Digital: the digital landscape and the seldom heard

Pain Association Scotland is a national charity who have been in operation for just over 33 years, we develop and deliver self-management training for those burdened with any form of chronic pain throughout Scotland.  Our overall aim is to provide people suffering with chronic pain with the tools to … [Read more...] about Sonia’s Blog: Chronic pain- Accessing Self-Management during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Ceilidh@home … It is worth saying from the onset that this activity is not about an accordion dance band in the living room! Unless of course that is what the person wants, and I am sure it can be arranged, even if it is just digitally in these strange times. To ‘ceilidh’ in the Western Isles can … [Read more...] about Marion’s Blog: Ceilidh @ home

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women the UK. In Scotland around 4,700 women are diagnosed each year.  The risk of developing breast cancer increases with age, most cases (80%) occur in women over 50. Current estimates suggest that at least 23% of breast cancer cases could be prevented … [Read more...] about Amy’s Blog: Experiences from the ActWELL trial

With our two hospices offering emergency care in order to safeguard families during the first national lockdown in March 2020, CHAS had to dramatically transform the way in which we provide our increasingly important services. As well as significantly expanding home care, the virtual hospice – the … [Read more...] about Sue’s Blog: Establishing The World’s First Virtual Children’s Hospice

The National Breastfeeding Helpline has always strived to provide an accessible service that is equal for all who need it.  We are open from 9.30am-9.30pm 365 days a year on 0300 100 0212. We provide non-judgemental, evidence based, empathic breastfeeding support and information to anyone who needs … [Read more...] about Felicity’s Blog: Reaching & serving new parents during the pandemic

Inclusion oral health is of vital importance to reduce the burden of oral disease in Scotland. Link Net aim to reduce this inequality along with inequalities in education, employment, and civic engagement for ethnic minorities in Lothian. A big part of this is engaging in health education to prevent … [Read more...] about Kirsty’s blog: Oral Health Education and Ethnic Minorities

Finding yourself in a medical crisis, such as discovering you have a brain tumour, is usually a deeply upsetting and often terrifying challenge. Even if you have had a sense that “something” is wrong with your health, there is no preparation for being told that you have a brain tumour. What really … [Read more...] about Neil’s Blog: The Brain Tumour Charity’s Step-By-Step Interactive Guide