Socialist Health AssociationScotland

The SHA was founded in 1930 to campaign for a National Health Service.
SHA Scotland is a campaigning organisation which promotes health and well-being and the eradication of inequalities through the application of socialist principles to society and government.
We believe that these objectives can best be achieved through collective rather than individual action. We campaign for an integrated healthcare system which reduces inequalities in health and is accountable to the communities it serves.

News
Latest edition of 'Healthier Scotland'
out now!

Join us in Perth at our fringe meeting with UNISON Scotland on how to reduce health inequalities locally. Speakers Dr David Conway and Alex Rowley MSP. Friday 24 Feb at Royal George Hotel starting at 12:30pm.

You can read our latest publication 'Reducing Health Inequalities Locally' here.

Contemporary motion to Scottish Labour 2017 conference. reducing health inequalities locally.

The Audit Scotland report on NHS Scotland makes grim, if essential reading. We pick out the key points in our blog.

Our blog post on how Brexit might impact on healthcare in Scotland.

The Scottish Government's 'Plan for Scotland 2016-17 has been published. We highlight some health challenges.

Blog on the prospects for NHS Scotland and health policy in the next Scottish Parliament.

Healthier Scotland - May 2016 edition out now!

Election focus should be on health inequalities.

Action on mental health services.

UNISON Scotland's briefing on the Buurtzorg district nursing system and how it might, or might not, be applied in Scotland.

A long hard look at NHS Scotland. An interesting analysis.

Quality Care Commission report published. Read Dave Watson's blog. Watch the Gordon Aikman video.

Health Inequalities Commission
Report published. Blog post on the report. Scottish Labour's response and Neil Findlay MSP's article in the Daily Record.

Time for an integrated fully salaried General Practice?