The Scottish Community Link Worker Network has now got its own Twitter account! You can find us and follow us @ScotCLWnetwork We hope that this will be another useful way to share information, news, resources and ideas with the Network's Community Link Workers. … [Read more...] about Scottish Community Link Worker Network is now on Twitter!
HPON Parliamentary Awareness Event
Thursday 31 March at 11:00-12:00. The Scottish Parliament's Participation & Communities Team is organising an online Parliamentary Awareness Event for the Health Policy Officers Network (HPON) on Thursday 31 March at 11:00-12:00. This will be an opportunity for health policy officers to … [Read more...] about HPON Parliamentary Awareness Event
Health Policy Officers Network Discuss NPF4
Health Policy Officer Network meeting on NPF4 18 January 2022 Members of the network met to discuss the Scottish Government's consultation on the draft National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4) and upcoming parliamentary engagement events. We heard from colleagues at the Scottish Parliament and SPICe … [Read more...] about Health Policy Officers Network Discuss NPF4
Bella’s Blog: Building an Intergenerational Nation
Building an Intergenerational Nation 2022 is proving to be an exciting year for Generations Working Together (GWT) who are leading the Excellence Awards which offers recognition for intergenerational activities / projects across Scotland. The Awards will be presented at GWT’s International … [Read more...] about Bella’s Blog: Building an Intergenerational Nation
Bushra’s Blog: Tackling organ and tissue donation inequalities in South Asian communities
Working in partnership Since 2014 Kidney Research UK has been working in partnership with the Scottish Government and NHS Blood and Transplant (Scotland) to train and manage a Peer Educator (PE) project amongst the South Asian (Sikh, Hindu and Muslim) communities of Glasgow, Edinburgh and … [Read more...] about Bushra’s Blog: Tackling organ and tissue donation inequalities in South Asian communities
What’s new? Read our February 2022 e- bulletin
Our latest news bulletin is packed with useful information for and about voluntary health organisations. Download it here Sign up to receive it direct each month … [Read more...] about What’s new? Read our February 2022 e- bulletin
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, alongside more general experiences of remote and hybrid working. Members noted … [Read more...] about Key Messages: Members Meeting January 2022
NPF4, what’s health got to do with it?
I think it’s fair to say that analysing a national planning framework is quite a daunting prospect for many of us working in the health and social care sector. Planning policy contains a lot of jargon and it's hard to work out where our expertise fits into it all. However, voluntary health … [Read more...] about NPF4, what’s health got to do with it?
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 of deteriorating patients. SIGN has asked for VHS members’ help to identify … [Read more...] about Updating the SIGN guidelines for the care of deteriorating patients
What’s new? Read our January 2022 e- bulletin
Our latest news bulletin is packed with useful information for and about voluntary health organisations. Download it here Sign up to receive it direct each month … [Read more...] about What’s new? Read our January 2022 e- bulletin
