Latest News & Blogs

Read the latest news and blogs about the voluntary health sector and the issues that concern and involve it.

Guest blogs from external contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of VHS.

VHS wins prestigious NHSScotland award

June 25, 2015

A VHS poster submitted to this year’s NHSScotland Event has come first in its category (Improving the Health of the Population). The ‘Living in the Gap’ poster provides the key findings of our recent report and illustrates the impact of the voluntary health sector with a number of case study vignettes.

Health Topic: Health Inequalities

Mental health and smoking: a voluntary sector perspective

June 22, 2015

ASH Scotland, the independent …

Health Topic: Mental and physical health

Mental Health and Wellbeing Focus Group

June 16, 2015

VHS’s Living in the Gap report …

Health Topic: Mental and physical health

Equal Partners Article in Children in Scotland Magazine

June 10, 2015

For the last year ACOSVO, Chil …

Health Topic: Other

‘Living in the Gap’ will be at NHSScotland Event

May 19, 2015

Voluntary Health Scotland have …

Health Topic: Health Inequalities

VHS Strategy 2015 – 2018

March 31, 2015

From April 2015 VHS embarks on …

Health Topic: Other

Living in the Gap Parliamentary Event

March 23, 2015

Following the launch of our Li …

Health Topic: Health Inequalities

VHS launches Living in the Gap

March 17, 2015

A new VHS report, published to …

Health Topic: Health Inequalities

Public Health Review: VHS response to Review Engagement Paper

March 13, 2015

Following February’s VHS Soun …

Health Topic: Public Health

Public Health Review

March 6, 2015

In November 2014, Scottish Min …

Health Topic: Public Health

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Latest News & Blogs

VHS wins prestigious NHSScotland award

Mental health and smoking: a voluntary sector perspective

Mental Health and Wellbeing Focus Group

Equal Partners Article in Children in Scotland Magazine

‘Living in the Gap’ will be at NHSScotland Event

VHS Strategy 2015 – 2018

Living in the Gap Parliamentary Event

VHS launches Living in the Gap

Public Health Review: VHS response to Review Engagement Paper

Public Health Review

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