Voluntary Health Scotland members met online to reflect on the year and look at priorities for 2022 Tuesday 25 of January The wide-ranging discussion covered organisations’ individual services and workstreams, alongside more general experiences of remote and hybrid working. Members noted … [Read more...] about Key Messages: Members Meeting January 2022
NPF4, what’s health got to do with it?
I think it’s fair to say that analysing a national planning framework is quite a daunting prospect for many of us working in the health and social care sector. Planning policy contains a lot of jargon and it's hard to work out where our expertise fits into it all. However, voluntary health … [Read more...] about NPF4, what’s health got to do with it?
Updating the SIGN guidelines for the care of deteriorating patients
The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), part of Healthcare Improvement Scotland, is seeking participants with lived experience to join a multi-disciplinary group that will update the SIGN guideline on care of deteriorating patients. SIGN has asked for VHS members’ help to identify … [Read more...] about Updating the SIGN guidelines for the care of deteriorating patients
Consultation Response: Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill
The Scottish Parliament's Rural Affairs, Islands & Natural Environment (RAINE) Committee is leading the scrutiny of the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill. The Bill requires the Scottish Government and relevant authorities (e.g. health boards and local authorities) to create good food nation plans … [Read more...] about Consultation Response: Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill
Nicola’s Blog: Demonstrating CLWs’ Impact on Tackling Health Inequalities
What we did Voluntary Health Scotland (VHS) supports the newly established Scottish Community Link Worker Network for Community Link Workers in primary care settings. Feedback from Community Link Workers (CLWs) over the last few months has shown that there is an appetite for learning and sharing … [Read more...] about Nicola’s Blog: Demonstrating CLWs’ Impact on Tackling Health Inequalities
Scottish Government Budget 2022-23
Kimberley explores the key commitments in the Scottish Government's Budget for 2022-23 Kate Forbes set out the Scottish Government’s Budget for 2022-23 on Thursday 9 December in Parliament. This was the first budget under the SNP-Green cooperation agreement, which means there is less need for the … [Read more...] about Scottish Government Budget 2022-23
Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities February 2022
Join 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 … [Read more...] about Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities February 2022
Cross Party Group Joint Meeting: Mental Health and Health Inequalities
The Cross Party Group on Mental Health and the Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities will be hosting a joint meeting on the 3rd May chaired by Co-convenor of both groups, Emma Harper MSP. During the meeting, attendees will hear more about health inequalities in relation to mental health in … [Read more...] about Cross Party Group Joint Meeting: Mental Health and Health Inequalities
Health at the Heart of Communities: what’s love got to do with it?
Delegates to our Annual Conference on 6th October 2021 have given us some fantastic feedback which we’d like to share more widely. Our conference theme was Health at the Heart of Communities and of the 101 people who attended 36 filled out our feedback form. The conference overall got a resounding … [Read more...] about Health at the Heart of Communities: what’s love got to do with it?