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August 2018
Third Sector Health and Social Care Collaborative Round Table with Audit Scotland
VHS is holding another round table to facilitate engagement between Audit Scotland and members of the Third Sector Health and Social Care Collaborative. Hosted at the Audit Scotland offices in Edinburgh, this timely meeting takes place not long before the formal publication of Audit Scotland’s second report on Health and Social Care Integration. The aim of the round table is to enable Audit Scotland to build on the engagement and discussion begun at the first round table (held 23rd May)…
September 2018
Implementing the Digital Health and Care Strategy across the third sector
The third sector is a key collaborator in Scotland’s ambitious new Digital Health and Care Strategy. At this free, important and practical event organised by the ALLIANCE, SCVO, CCPS and VHS you will find out about the next steps for implementing that Strategy and discuss what actions your organisation (and the third sector could collectively) take to ensure successful delivery. This event will be particularly useful to third sector staff working in policy, operations, digital and/or data within health and…
Connecting Health in Scotland and New Zealand
We are set to hold a fascinating international exchange of views and experiences over lunch, in a round table discussion with Paula Barker, Manager of the Braemar Charitable Trust, Hamilton, New Zealand. Paula is coming to Edinburgh this September for the Social Enterprise World Forum and reached out to VHS to say ‘kia ora!’ and to ask for some help in building connections with our voluntary and public health sectors whilst she is here. In response we of course said “ceud mìle fàilte” and offered to pull together a group of people who…
Brexit and Health Briefing
We are told that extensive planning is under way to prepare the health service for a no-deal Brexit scenario in England. But what about Brexit’s implications for health and social care in Scotland – how much do we know and understand? At this event there will be a full briefing from Erin McGinley from the Scottish Parliament’s SPICe team, co-author of Leaving the EU – Implications for Health and Social Care . There will be the opportunity to hear some…
October 2018
Health Inequalities Cross Party Group AGM: October 2018
The next meeting of the Health Inequalities Cross Party Group will take place on the evening of Tuesday 30th October in the Scottish Parliament. This meeting will be the AGM and will be chaired by Anas Sarwar MSP, Co-Convenor of the Group. More information on the topic and speakers will be announced shortly. VHS is Secretariat of the CPG. For more information about the CPG visit the Scottish Parliament website Please get in touch with Lauren Blair if you have…
November 2018
VHS Annual Conference and AGM 2018
Get The Picture: Culture, Health and Wellbeing – our 2018 Annual Conference and AGM, Tuesday 20th November at the John McIntyre Conference Centre in Edinburgh. We are delighted that our Keynote speaker will be Professor Sir Harry Burns the Director of Global Public Health at the University of Strathclyde Glasgow. Book your place! With the Scottish Government due to publish a National Culture Strategy later this year, Get the Picture invites you to make room for the head, heart and…
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. Further information about the evening to follow shortly. VHS is Secretariat of the CPG and organising this event. For more information about the CPG visit the Scottish Parliament website If you have any questions at all please contact Lauren Blair.