Read the key messages, reports and minutes from our events and meetings here.
HPON – Key Note Briefing for meeting held on 24th June

The second meeting of 2020 was held via zoom on 24 June. Members at the meeting heard from Claire Menzies, Clerk to the Equalities and Human Rights Committee and her colleague, Leoncha Leavy, Community Outreach Team about their consultation, “The impac …
Health Topic: Health Policy Officers NetworkKey Messages: Digitally Healthy- Health Literacy and Health Inequalities

VHS hosted a joint zoom event with NES Digital Service, NHS Education for Scotland on the 23rd of June to discuss health literacy and health inequalities. The event was an opportunity for voluntary health organisations to engage with NDS and to explore …
Health Topic: COVID-19 | Health InequalitiesKey Messages: Rising Food Insecurity in times of COVID-19

Public Health Scotland Food Insecurity Working Group and Voluntary Health Scotland hosted a joint event which took place on the 4th June 2020 with 31 registered attendees. Food insecurity has been an issue for a significant proportion of Scotland’s pop …
Health Topic: COVID-19 | Health InequalitiesCPG Health Inequalities: Impact of COVID-19 on Health Inequalities

On the 14th May, the Health Inequalities Cross Party Group met on Zoom to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on health Inequalities. The meeting was chaired by Anas Sarwar MSP co-convenor of the group. At the meeting we heard from Diane Stockton, Acting Di …
Health Topic: COVID-19 | Health InequalitiesKey Messages: Discussions on COVID-19 Impact on Voluntary Health Sector, 23rd April

On 23rd April 2020 VHS held an online Zoom discussion with ten voluntary health organisations to share the findings of our research into the immediate impact COVID-19 on the voluntary health sector. VHS had gathered intelligence from 143 organisations …
Health Topic: COVID-19 | Public HealthHPON: Key Note Briefing for meeting held on 29th April 2020

The first meeting of the Health Policy Officers Network in 2020 was held via zoom on 29 April and offered an opportunity for members to discuss issues around COVID-19, conduct some policy horizon scanning and suggest some topics for future meetings. Yo …
Health Topic: Health Policy Officers NetworkKey Messages: Digitally Healthy Members Zoom Meeting, 9th April

On the 9th of April VHS,in collaboration with NHS National Education Scotland (NES) Digital Service, held a Zoom meeting to help explore the nature of the digital divide during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Twenty-two people from a wide range of third s …
Health Topic: COVID-19 | Health InequalitiesKey Messages: Discussions on Covid-19 Impact on Voluntary Health Sector, 31st March and 1st April

Following the COVID-19 lock-down and related government measures we wanted to know what the immediate impact was on our member organisations, so that we were better equipped to represent their interests to the Scottish Government, Public Health Scotlan …
Health Topic: COVID-19 | Public HealthVHS Briefing: Impact of COVID-19 on Voluntary Health Organisations

VHS has conducted a survey of our member organisations and wider network to help establish the impact COVID-19 is having on the health and wellbeing of people supported by organisations and on organisations’ own ability to continue supporting people. T …
Health Topic: COVID-19 | Public Health