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Consultation Response: Cancer Strategy
Voluntary Health Scotland has responded to the Scottish Government’s consultation on its draft vision, aims and priority areas for the cancer strategy. Many of our members have a specific focus on cancer support and research alongside other members wit …
Health Topic: Health Inequalities | Public HealthConsultation Response: Health and Social Care Strategy for Older People
Voluntary Health Scotland has responded to the Scottish Government’s consultation on a health and social care strategy for older people. There is still time to respond to the consultation which closes on Monday 27th June. In our response we focus stron …
Health Topic: Health Inequalities | Mental Health
Campaign: A Scotland that Cares
Voluntary Health Scotland is supporting the campaign for a National Outcome to fully value and invest in those experiencing care and all those providing it. To build a fairer and more resilient country – a Scotland that cares – we must set a National O …
Health Topic: Health & Social Care Integration | Health Inequalities
Steven’s Blog: Evaluating impact on Health Inequalities for Community Link Workers
On the 31st May 2022, Evaluation Support Scotland and VHS held a workshop for Community Link Workers. What we did The aim of this half-day online workshop run by Evaluation Support Scotland (ESS) and Voluntary Health Scotland (VHS) workshop was to supp …
Health Topic: Health Inequalities | Scottish Community Link Worker NetworkInquiry into Health Inequalities hears oral evidence from VHS
VHS’s Chief Executive Claire Stevens has given evidence to the Health Social Care and Sport Committee in the Scottish Parliament, as they begin taking oral evidence for their Inquiry into Health Inequalities. This opening evidence session took place on …
Health Topic: Health InequalitiesVHS and Scottish Community Link Worker Network publish review of training and development needs of Community Link Workers
As a result of feedback from Scottish Community Link Worker Network members, VHS recently commissioned ABCD Consultants to undertake a review of the training and development needs of Community Link Workers in Scotland. The consultants ran a number of f …
Health Topic: Scottish Community Link Worker NetworkPaul’s blog: Ageing creatively for health and wellbeing
On 19th May I attended a half-day event in Edinburgh with fourteen attendees, the staff of Luminate and one Zoom meeting attendee from Shetland. The round table discussion was chaired in an inimitable and stimulating style by the journalist and broadca …
Health Topic: Health & Social Care Integration
