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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…
November 2018
VHS Annual Conference and AGM 2018
SOLD OUT. We now have a waiting list for places- click book now to join the waiting list. BOOK NOW to secure your place at Get The Picture: Culture, Health and Wellbeing – our 2018 conference, taking place in Edinburgh’s John McIntyre conference centre. This is your opportunity to join with health charities, other voluntary and community health organisations, health boards, health and social care partnerships, local authorities, culture trusts and arts organisations in a timely exploration of the relationship between culture,…
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 in Committee Room 6. This meeting will be chaired by Anas Sarwar MSP, Co-Convenor of the Group. This meeting will discuss Mental Health Inequalities. We are delighted that we will hear from: Clare Haughey MSP, Minister for Mental Health Jim Hume, Manager of the National Rural Mental Health Forum for Support in Mind Scotland Karen O’Hanlon,…
September 2018
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…
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 Baker, 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…
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…
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)…
June 2018
Tomorrow’s World Today: New Frontiers in Mental Health
Tomorrow’s World Today: New Frontiers in Mental Health New date announced: Thursday 14th June! How is our technologically enabled, globalised and digital society changing our understanding of mental health and wellbeing? Can we predict what a society with good mental health will look like in 10, 20 or 50 years’ time? Is there evidence that we are adapting and developing new attitudes, strategies and technologies for looking after our mental wellbeing? Or is our uncertain, unequal and fast changing world…
May 2018
Joint Cross Party Group Meeting: Health Inequalities and Improving Scotland’s Health
The Cross-Party Group on Health Equalities and the Cross-Party Group on Improving Scotland’s Health 2021 and Beyond are delighted to invite you to a joint meeting on Tuesday 22 May from 5.30pm to 7pm in Committee Room 4 of The Scottish Parliament. The meeting will explore health inequalities and the right to health, with a particular focus on unhealthy environments and empowering communities to improve their health. We have two excellent speakers: Dr Niamh Shortt, Reader in Health Geography and…
Best Start Foods: making the most of the Healthy Start reform
Join Nourish Scotland and Voluntary Health Scotland on 22nd May to discuss how the reform of Healthy Start into Best Start Foods in Scotland can best benefit our low-income families. We will hear from the Scottish Government’s Welfare Foods team about their proposals for a new Best Start Foods scheme, and from Sandra Passmore from Birmingham City Council about their fantastic work trying to understand and break the barriers to Healthy Start uptake in Birmingham. The aim of this event…