Read the key messages, reports and minutes from our events and meetings here.
CPG on Health Inequalities: Health and Social Care Standards 25th January 2018

The Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities met on 25th January 2018 to consider the Health and Social Care Standards 2017 and health inequalities. Dr Fiona Wardell, Team Lead for the Standards, Healthcare Improvement Scotland and Henry Mathias, Str …
Health Topic: Health & Social Care IntegrationCPG on Health Inequalities: Culture and Health 7th December 2017

The Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities met on 7th December 2017 to discuss culture, arts and health. Read the Minutes During 2017 and 2018 the Scottish Government is working on Developing A Culture Strategy for Scotland. As Secretariat to the CP …
Health Topic: Health InequalitiesConference Key Messages: VHS Annual Conference 2017- Get Real

Our Annual Conference, ‘Get Real: Real People, Real Communities, Real Health’, took place on the 16th November 2017 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow. The aim of our annual conference was to ‘Get Real’ about health in Scotland and explore the big th …
Health Topic: Public HealthCross Party Group on Health Inequalities AGM 26 October 2017

The Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities met on 26th October 2017 for its first AGM this Parliamentary session. VHS have produced a summary of the meetings from 2016-2017- CPG Health Inequalities Summary Annual Review 2016-17 At the AGM, Members r …
Health Topic: Health InequalitiesConference Key Messages: Volunteering the Golden Thread in Health

On 14th of September VHS held a conference, ‘Volunteering the Golden Thread in Health’, which brought together over 120 delegates to discuss volunteering by third sector organisations in an NHS setting. The conference is a milestone in VHS’s Clear Path …
Health Topic: Clear PathwayKey Messages: Gold Star Exemplars: Third sector approaches to Community Link Working across Scotland

A report setting out the extensive and varied nature of third sector approaches to community link working across Scotland was launched by VHS on 27th June 2017 at a well attended seminar in Edinburgh. Published as Gold Star Exemplars: Third Sector Appr …
Health Topic: Health Inequalities