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December 2018
Parliamentary Reception: Health Inequalities Cross Party Group
On the evening of Tuesday 11th December the Health Inequalities Cross Party Group will celebrate its work at a reception in the Scottish Parliament Garden Lobby, sponsored by Donald Cameron MSP, Co-Convenor of the CPG. We are delighted to have Joe Fitzpatrick MSP, Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing as our guest speaker. A number of the CPG members will host stalls on the evening. VHS is Secretariat of the CPG and organising this event. For more information about the CPG…
February 2019
VHS at The Gathering 2019 : The future of public health – bicycle or frog?
Public health is about helping people to stay healthy, and protecting them from threats to their health. Public health is another way of talking about improving health and wellbeing in our communities, but the language and organisation of public health can often seem far removed from third sector endeavours to support people’s health and wellbeing. Is public health a frog or a bicycle? Right now, the future of public health in Scotland is being transformed, with shared priorities, Public Health Scotland coming…
VHS at The Gathering: Mental wellbeing, social isolation and loneliness in rural Scotland
This partnership event with the Scottish Rural Health Partnership(SRHP) aims to shine a light on health issues distinctive to rural and remote areas in Scotland and to give space to explore collaborative approaches to addressing these issues. Topics likely to be discussed include access to services, stigma, social isolation, loneliness, suicide and an ageing population. Karen O’Hanlon from SRHP will open the discussion with a rural health perspective and explain the role of SRHP in sharing knowledge and research about…