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January 2020
Health Inequalities Cross Party Group: Men’s Health Inequalities
The next meeting of the Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities will take place at 6pm on the 21st January. Richard Lyle MSP, Co Convenor of the CPG, will chair the meeting. We will hear from the following people: Martin Tod, Chief Executive, Men’s Health Forum – the men’s health charity that researches, raises awareness, advocates and shares good practice (they are London based but have a UK remit and are very keen to reach out and engage with us…
Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities: Study Visit- Art in Hospitals
Join us for an opportunity for CPG members to engage with a practical approach to addressing health inequalities in a clinical setting. The charity Art in Hospital enables patients to develop their own creativity through participation in a visual arts programme in hospitals, care homes and the community. Established in 1991, they create strong links between medicine, treatment, care, patient environment and artistic practice to improve health and wellbeing, patient care and patient outcomes. Barbara McEwan Gulliver, Artistic Director, will…
February 2020
Members Round Table: Social Care in Scotland Consultation
The Health and Sport Committee has launched a consultation into the experiences of social care in Scotland. VHS are hosting a roundtable meeting which will provide an opportunity for VHS members to hear more about the Consultation from Susan Brown the Assistant Clerk to the Health and Sport Committee. It will also provide an opportunity for member organisations to share their own and their services users perspectives on how social care experiences can be improved in Scotland. Register for your…
VHS at the Gathering 2020: Shaping Primary Care for the next generation in rural Scotland
The Scottish Government’s vision for the future of primary care is for multi-disciplinary teams, made up of a variety of health professionals, working together to support people in their community and to give GPs more time to spend with patients in specific need of their expertise. But what does this mean in a rural context, and what role does the rural third and community sector have to play in helping transform primary care? Rural Scotland has a growing elderly population,…
VHS at The Gathering 2020: Demonstrating Third Sector Impact on Inequalities
This interactive workshop will present a model to measure the third sector’s contribution to addressing inequalities, in particular health inequalities. The model (co-produced by national and local voluntary and community health organisations and commissioners) aims to support third sector organisations to explain, measure and prove their contribution to tackling inequalities. The longer term aim is to support local authorities, NHS boards and Public Health Scotland to have a clearer, evidence based understanding of the third sector’s contribution to tackling inequalities,…
March 2020
Keeping the Conversation Going: What role does arts & culture play in addressing loneliness and social isolation?
Arts Culture Health and Wellbeing Scotland (formerly Arts Health Scotland) are delighted to announce a one-day event exploring the role that arts and culture can play in tackling social isolation and loneliness. Including a series of spoken presentations, workshops and discussions led by those at the forefront of the field, this free event will explore the health and social issues concerning loneliness and isolation and set the stage for a collective, creative response through arts and culture. Confirmed speaker: Louise Mclean, Policy…
May 2020
Health Inequalities Cross Party Group: Drugs, Deprivation, Discrimination and Disease
The Health Inequalities Cross Party Group will meet on the 14th May to discuss Drugs, Deprivation, Discrimination and Disease. This meeting will be chaired by Donald Cameron MSP, Co-Convenor of the group. More information on speakers and the agenda will follow shortly. Please contact Lauren Blair if you have any questions. Lauren.Blair@vhscotland.org.uk 0131 474 6189.
November 2020
VHS Annual Conference & AGM 2020
SAVE THE DATE: 4TH NOVEMBER 2020! VHS will host our Annual Conference and AGM on Wednesday 4th of November 2020 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow. More information to be announced soon! If you wish to find out more about how to be involved in the event, either speaking, sponsoring or exhibiting, please get in touch with Lauren Blair.