During 2019 VHS had collaborated with Support in Mind Scotland and Faith in Older People to explore what happens to people aged 65+ with serious mental health conditions (other than or alongside dementia). Two round tables were held, and two short piec …

VHS is holding an online event on 24th August 2021 to discuss the findings and recommendations of its report ‘Vaccine Inclusion – Reducing inequalities one Vaccine at a time’. The report presents research carried out in February and Marcy 2021, present …

The Health Inequalities Cross Party Group met on Tuesday 26th January at 6pm online via Zoom. The meeting was chaired by Group Co-Convenor Donald Cameron MSP. Topic:  Deep social exclusion: dying whilst homeless in Scotland Homelessness is often an ind …

The Health Inequalities CPG met on the 13th October online meeting via Zoom. The AGM took place. The meeting will be chaired by Group Co-Convenor Anas Sarwar MSP. TOPIC: A Human Rights Approach to Inclusion Health Public Health Scotland has just publis …

The coronavirus crisis has demonstrated to health organisations that working digitally is more important than ever before, whether they are in the public, private or third sector. The crisis has driven fundamental changes in how services and support ha …

Between May 2020 and January 2021 the Open University and VHS ran a joint series of online talks and discussions on the topic of ‘Ageing Well’. Led by Dr Jitka Vsecteckova, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Social Care with the Open Universi …

On the 4th and 5th of November VHS held our Annual Conference and AGM online for the first time. #WeArePublicHealth : Building Forward for Health & Wellbeing had over 120 delegates registered to attend over the 2 day event with keynote speakers, wo …

Our poster competition is back for 2020! We have heard some amazing stories of how our network responded to Covid-19 to mitigate negative consequences that impacted so many. Here are the finalists: Art in Healthcare: Room for Art- Keeping participants …

We are delighted to be joined by our ‘virtual’ exhibitors for our 2020 annual conference #WeArePublicHealth – Building forward for Health and Wellbeing on the 4th and 5th November. Click here for all the information about our exhibitors.Click here for …

VHS and the Poverty Alliance ran a joint event taking place as part of challenge poverty week events on the 7th October 2020. We discussed how poverty, access to food and the insecurity around this has impacted health in Scotland. Chaired by Claire Ste …