Data Strategy for Health & Social Care: Scottish Government Engagement
online via Teams ., ., .The recently published digital health and care strategy commits to the development of Scotland’s first ever dedicated Data Strategy. It's important that people are at the heart of any developments and that trust is built in how our data is stored and used. The working vision of the Strategy is to ensure health and care […]
Scottish Community Link Worker Network – February Peer Support Event
online Via Zoom**These events are aimed specifically at Community Link Workers who are working directly within a Primary Care setting in Scotland**. To support CLWs’ wellbeing and to enable CLWs to share learning and good practice, the Scottish Community Link Worker Network will be running two peer support events in early 2022 on these dates: (please book […]
National Planning Framework (NPF4) consultation with Scottish Parliament
online Via ZoomOn Monday 7th February the Scottish Parliament is holding an engagement event on the draft National Planning Framework (NPF4) consultation. VHS are hosting a break-out session we’d like to invite members to take part in. The Parliament will confirm the start and running times early in January, but meantime we are seeking expressions of interest […]
Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities February 2022
online Via ZoomJoin us for the next meeting of this Parliamentary term of the Health Inequalities Cross Party Group. The next meeting of the group will take place on Tuesday 1 February at 12.30 online via Zoom and will be chaired by Brian Whittle MSP. Meeting topic: Active, Healthy and Creative Children in Scotland Book your place […]
VHS Member’s Meet up: January 2022
online Via ZoomVHS would like to invite our members to join us on the 25th of January for an online meet up. It has been nearly 2 years that we have been working through a pandemic. As we start 2022, we are asking our members to join us as we look to the year ahead and discuss […]
Community Link Workers – Demonstrating Impact on Health Inequalities
online Via Zoom***This event is aimed specifically at Community Link Workers who are working directly within a Primary Care setting in Scotland and who would be interested in understanding how to demonstrate their impact on tackling health inequalities.*** Evaluation Support Scotland (ESS) and Voluntary Health Scotland (VHS) are holding a joint learning workshop to help Community Link […]
Community Link Workers – Demonstrating Impact on Health Inequalities
online Via Zoom***This event is aimed specifically at Community Link Workers who are working directly within a Primary Care setting in Scotland and who would be interested in understanding how to demonstrate their impact on tackling health inequalities.*** Evaluation Support Scotland (ESS) and Voluntary Health Scotland (VHS) are holding a joint learning workshop to help Community Link […]
ACHWS Creative Coffee Break Conversation: Health Inequalities
online Via ZoomCreative Coffee Break Conversation: A frame is not a state of mind An event by Arts Culture Health and Wellbeing Scotland. “Health inequalities are the unjust and avoidable differences in people’s health across the population and between specific population groups. Health inequalities go against the principles of social justice because they are avoidable. They do […]
ACHWS Creative Coffee Break Conversation: Health Inequalitites
online Via ZoomCreative Coffee Break Conversation: A frame is not a state of mind An event by Arts Culture Health and Wellbeing Scotland. “Health inequalities are the unjust and avoidable differences in people’s health across the population and between specific population groups. Health inequalities go against the principles of social justice because they are avoidable. They do […]
Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities December 2021 Meeting
online Via ZoomVHS 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 – […]
Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities December 2021 Meeting
online Via ZoomVHS 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, Emma Harper MSP and Brian Whittle MSP. The next meeting of the group will take place on […]
VHS Annual Lecture and AGM
online Via ZoomJoin us on Thursday 25th November for our Annual Lecture and AGM (via Zoom). This event is free to attend and open to anyone with an active interest and involvement in health related policy, research or practice. We particularly welcome and encourage staff, trustees and volunteers from our member organisations to attend, as the programme […]
VHS Annual Lecture and AGM
online Via ZoomJoin us on Thursday 25th November for our Annual Lecture and AGM (via Zoom). This event is free to attend and open to anyone with an active interest and involvement in health related policy, research or practice. We particularly welcome and encourage staff, trustees and volunteers from our member organisations to attend, as the programme […]
