Health Inequalities
This Cross-party group's purpose:
The group aims to raise awareness of the causes of health inequalities amongst parliamentarians to influence legislation and amongst policy makers to promote evidence based actions which reduce health inequalities and to avoid legislation and policies which will make health inequalities in Scotland worse.
Next meeting
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities June Meeting
1-2.30pm, Wednesday 14 June 2023
The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh or Online
Racialised Health Inequalities
This meeting will be chaired by co-convenor Paul O’Kane MSP and will explore the topic of Racialised Health Inequalities. We will explore the extent of health inequalities faced by different ethnic minority groups and the difference between race, racism and racialisation.
Our guest speaker:
Melanie Weldon, Head of the Racialised Health Inequalities in Health and Social Care Team, Scottish Government.
Get in touch
If you want to get in touch, you can contact Lauren Blair
Address:
Email: [email protected]
Involved in the group
MSPs, individuals and organisations who participate in and support this group.
Current Members
Emma Harper
Co-Convener
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: South Scotland (Region)
Paul O'Kane
Co-Convener
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: West Scotland (Region)
Brian Whittle
Co-Convener
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: South Scotland (Region)
Donald Cameron
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Highlands and Islands (Region)
Bob Doris
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn (Constituency)
Carol Mochan
Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: South Scotland (Region)
Organisations
Voluntary Health Scotland – Secretary
Age Scotland
Asthma + Lung UK Scotland
Alcohol Focus Scotland
ASH Scotland
Audit Scotland
AvoCard
Befriending Networks
Big Lottery Fund
Breast Cancer Now
British Dental Association Scotland
British Dietetic Association (BDA)
British Medical Association
British Liver Trust
British Red Cross
Cancer Card
Cancer Research UK
Cancer Support Scotland
Care Inspectorate
Centre for Health Policy, University of Strathclyde
Changeworks
Changing Faces
Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland
Children's Health Scotland
Children’s Hospices Across Scotland: CHAS
Church of Scotland
Community Leisure UK
Community Pharmacy Scotland
Criminal Justice Voluntary Sector Forum (CJVSF)
Culture Counts
Cycling Scotland
Cycling UK
Deaf Links Tayside
Diabetes UK
Energy Action Scotland
Energy Savings Trust
Eden Project Communities
Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity
Edinburgh Health & Social Care Partnership
Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations Council (EVOC)
Faith in Older People
Family Fund Scotland
Families Outside
Food Train
Genetic Alliance
Glasgow Centre for Population Health
Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (The ALLIANCE)
HIV Scotland
Home start
Improvement Service
Inspiring Scotland
Ingeus
Kidney Care UK
Kidney Research UK
LGBT Health and Wellbeing
Linknet
Macmillan Cancer Support
Margaret Blackwood Housing Association
Marie Curie
Salvesen Mindroom Centre
MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow
Nourish Scotland
NSPCC
Obesity Action Scotland
Pancreatic Cancer Action Scotland
Pasda
Paths for All
Positive Help
Positive Steps
Public Health Scotland
Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)
Rowan Alba
Royal College of General Practitioners Scotland
Royal College of Midwives
Royal College of Nursing
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
Royal National Institute for Blind People (RNIB) Scotland
Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Saheliya
Samaritans
Scotland Versus Arthritis
Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol & Drugs
Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP)
Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance
Scottish Men's Sheds Association
Scottish Obesity Alliance
Scottish Rural Health Partnership
Seescape
Senscot
Shared Lives Plus
Shelter Scotland
Simon Community Scotland
St Andrew’s First Aid
Stroke Association
Terrence Higgins Trust
The Global Health Policy Unit, University of Edinburgh
The Health Agency
The Open University
The People's Health Movement Scotland
Viewpoint
VOX Scotland Voices of Experience
Waverley Care