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Messages and Learning

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

March 15, 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 Integration

CPG on Health Inequalities: Culture and Health 7th December 2017

March 15, 2018

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 Inequalities

Key Messages: A weighty issue: Understanding and Action on Obesity and Health

March 7, 2018

VHS hosted a collaborative learning event at The Gathering in Glasgow, supported by the NHS Health Scotland Inequalities Learning Collaborative. Its aim was to foster understanding and action on obesity and health inequalities. It was chaired by Gregor …

Health Topic: Public Health

Conference Key Messages: VHS Annual Conference 2017- Get Real

November 22, 2017

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 Health

Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities AGM 26 October 2017

November 1, 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 Inequalities

Conference Key Messages: Volunteering the Golden Thread in Health

September 27, 2017

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 Pathway

Key Messages: Gold Star Exemplars: Third sector approaches to Community Link Working across Scotland

July 3, 2017

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

Key Messages: Stirling Mental Health and Social Support Seminar

June 29, 2017

Loneliness and social isolation, funding challenges and partnership opportunities were to the fore of discussion at our workshop on mental health and social support in Stirling. Between November 2016 and June 2017 VHS, Support in Mind Scotland and the …

Health Topic: Mental Health

Key Messages: Helensburgh Mental Health and Social Support Workshop

May 4, 2017

Loneliness and social isolation, funding challenges and partnership opportunities were to the fore of discussion at our workshop on mental health and social support in Helensburgh. VHS, Support in Mind Scotland and the Open University are running a col …

Health Topic: Mental Health

Key Messages: Glasgow Mental Health and Social Support Seminar

March 30, 2017

VHS, the Open University and Support in Mind Scotland have partnered together to present a programme of events across the country on mental health and social support, running between November 2016 and June 2017. The first seminar was held in Dundee on …

Health Topic: Mental Health

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