Voluntary Health Scotland (VHS) has launched its briefing report ‘Vaccine Inclusion – Reducing inequalities one Vaccine at a time’. The report seeks to explore the key barriers and enablers to accessing the COVID-19 vaccine and how the vaccine delivery …

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What is National Services Scotland? NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) provides vital, varied services to support Scotland’s healthcare, as well as the wider public sector. The NHS in Scotland is made up of 14 regional health boards, seven special he …

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Waverley Care helps people who need support with HIV, hepatitis C, hepatitis B and sexual health across Scotland. They wanted to respond to VHS’s recent survey  on Covid-19 vaccine inequalities and decided to consult five staff members in different par …

By Donald Macaskill, Chief Executive of Scottish Care. One of the saddest consequences of the Covid pandemic has been its impact, not least through lockdowns, on the mental health of tens of thousands of individuals. There is thankfully a wide and exte …

Leading Scottish children’s health charity, Children’s Health Scotland, has just released their Manifesto which focuses firmly on the health and wellbeing of children and young people in Scotland. Informed by the views of children, young people, famili …

Voluntary Health Scotland (VHS) is conducting research to help ensure equitable distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine, among all those who need it and would like your help to complete this short survey. We would like to identify who you think the vulner …

VHS is carrying out important research across the third sector to help ensure that the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine doesn’t widen the health inequalities gap by missing vulnerable groups. We are keen to ensure that the opportunity to get vaccin …

The Inequalities in Health Alliance (IHA) is a coalition of organisations with an interest in improving the health of the UK who have come together under the umbrella of The Royal College of Physicians  (RCP), to campaign for a cross-government strateg …