Smoking is the biggest cause of preventable ill health and death in Scotland. It results in up to 100,000 hospitalisations, and more than 9,000 premature deaths each year – that’s more than alcohol, suicide, drugs, and road accidents combined. Figures show that people living in our most deprived … [Read more...] about Lisa’s Blog: Engaging communities towards being smoke-free: reducing poverty and health inequalities
Avril’s Blog: Learn about ME
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis /Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a disease that makes people disappear from their own life; they may spend years or decades confined to their bed/home, in darkness, very unwell, in pain, exhausted and alone. Yet, there is a huge gap in medical education and … [Read more...] about Avril’s Blog: Learn about ME
Bella’s Blog: Intergenerational relationships and health
Intergenerational Prescribing Generations Working Together (GWT) aims to connect people from different generations and backgrounds to share time and take part in opportunities in their communities that nurture and support younger and older people who often have skills and resources of … [Read more...] about Bella’s Blog: Intergenerational relationships and health
VHS insights into Tackling Health Inequalities in Scotland
VHS welcomes the report Tackling health inequalities in Scotland published by the Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee on 28th September 2022. VHS’s contributions to the Inquiry are referred to a number of times during the report. We are pleased to have made a significant … [Read more...] about VHS insights into Tackling Health Inequalities in Scotland
Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities December Meeting 2022
Unpaid Carers and Health Inequalities We invite you to join us on the 14th of December for the next meeting of the Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities. The meeting will take place from 6pm to 7.30pm and will be chaired by Co-Convenor Emma Harper MSP. We are delighted to confirm our … [Read more...] about Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities December Meeting 2022
Celebrating the Work of the Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities
VHS and Brian Whittle MSP hosted an evening reception in the Garden Lobby of the Scottish Parliament to celebrate the work of the Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities. Our guest speaker was Dr Peter Cawston, Deep End GP. We were delighted to be joined by so many on the evening and to have … [Read more...] about Celebrating the Work of the Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities
Scottish Parliament Information Centre Blog: The National Care Service will be here soon…or will it?
Can a national care service fulfil our expectations and whatever happened to integration? As we’ve said in SPICe before, labelling something a national service that looks, on the surface, to be promising the same deal as we have with the National Health Service could be seen as a high-risk strategy … [Read more...] about Scottish Parliament Information Centre Blog: The National Care Service will be here soon…or will it?
Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities AGM & October 2022 Meeting
NEW DATE As our September meeting was postponed- this is the new AGM date. As the date changed we have had to change the meeting topic and speakers. The meeting covering unpaid carers will take place at a later date confirmed shortly. Anyone booked on the previous event will automatically be … [Read more...] about Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities AGM & October 2022 Meeting
VHS Members Meet Up: What price health? The Cost of Living Crisis, Health and the Third Sector
As the winter months fast approach, we would like to invite VHS members to a networking discussion to explore current preoccupations with the impact of the cost of living crisis, wellbeing, poverty and how we plan for 2023 in such uncertain times. This time last year, many of our workload's … [Read more...] about VHS Members Meet Up: What price health? The Cost of Living Crisis, Health and the Third Sector
SCLWN -Demonstrating impact on health inequalities follow up session
Demonstrating impact on health inequalities Report of follow up peer learning session for Community Link Workers Background This follow up session was for community link workers who had attended our training on 31 May 2022. Steven Marwick from Evaluation Support Scotland (ESS) gave a … [Read more...] about SCLWN -Demonstrating impact on health inequalities follow up session
