Upcoming Events

VHS are delighted that the Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities has been re-registered at the Scottish Parliament. Voluntary Health Scotland have been reappointed as the Secretariat of the Group and we welcome new co-convenors: Emma Harper MSP, Paul O’Kane MSP and Brian Whittle MSP.

Meeting theme:

This meeting will be held online using the platform ZOOM – VHS will send sign-in details by email to registered participants in advance of the meeting. 

(If you have not yet registered, email lauren.blair@vhscotland.org.uk) 

Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities:  

Topic: Responses to the inverse care law in Scotland over the last 20 years 

The next meeting of the group will take place on Monday the 6th December at 6pm online via Zoom and will be chaired by Paul O’Kane MSP.

At the meeting we will hear from:

Dr David Blane, Clinical Research Fellow in General Practice & Primary Care, Institute of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow

Dr David Blane will talk about the study he is leading on Responses to the inverse care law in Scotland over the last 20 years  

The project aims to:

• understand how the inverse care law has manifested in Scotland over the past 20 years in primary health care
• map out the range of interventions and approaches (at national, regional and local levels) that have been deployed to tackle the inverse care law in Scotland, and the rationale behind them
• review the evidence of the impact and sustainability of these interventions and approaches, including the role of the Deep End GP project in Scotland
• synthesise what has worked and what has not worked in reducing the inverse care law in Scotland, and to make recommendations for future directions.

Please book your place to attend here.

If you have any questions please contact Lauren Blair.